Noha Yossry

Noha Yossry
Nationality  Egypt
Born (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992
Cairo, Egypt
Playing style Right-handed, classic[1]
Highest ranking 574 (September 2008)[2]
Current ranking 669 (March 2013)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
2007 Algiers Team

Noha Yossry (Arabic: نهى يسري‎; born February 7, 1992 in Cairo) is an Egyptian table tennis player.[3] She won a silver medal, as a member of the Egyptian table tennis team, at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. As of March 2013, Yossry is ranked no. 669 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]

Yossry qualified for the women's singles tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 6 seeded players from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4][5][6] She lost the preliminary round match to Ukraine's Tetyana Sorochinskaya, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "ITTF World Player Profile – Noha Yossry". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "ITTF World Ranking – Noha Yossry". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Noha Yossry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Marshall, Ian (22 July 2007). "African Olympic Games Qualifiers Named". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled". Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 March 2013.


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