Malak El-Nasser

Malak El-Nasser
Personal information
National team	Syria
Born	January 19, 1954
Sport
Country	Syria
Sport	Athletics
	Updated on 17 July 2017.

Malak El-Nasser (Arabic: ملك الناصر‎; born January 19, 1954) is a Syrian Olympic athlete. She represented Syria in 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.^[1] She is the first Syrian woman ever to participate in the Olympics.^[2]^[3]

Olympic participation

München 1972

El-Nasser the youngest and the only female participant for Syria in that tournament aged 18 years and 225 days then.^[4]

Athletics – Women's 800 metres – Round One El-Nasser failed to qualify the first round to semi-finals and finished last in her heat in round one.^[5]

Heat 3
Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	4	2:01.50
2	Abby Hoffman	Canada	5	2:01.57
3	Maria Sykora	Austria	7	2:01.82
4	Gisela Ellenberger	West Germany	1	2:01.92
5	Maritta Politz	East Germany	3	2:02.40
6	Margaret Coomber	Great Britain	2	2:02.99
7	Emesia Chizunga	Malawi	6	2:19.22
-	Malak El-Nasser	Syria	8	DNF

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Malak El-Nasser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Syria". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
↑ "مشاركة سورية ضئيلة في اولمبياد 2008". www.middle-east-online.com (in Arabic). 25 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Syria at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Malak El-Nasser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Syria". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[3] "مشاركة سورية ضئيلة في اولمبياد 2008". www.middle-east-online.com (in Arabic). 25 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[4] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Syria at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[5] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2017.