Egypt at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Egypt at the
2012 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| EGY
NPC| Egyptian Paralympic Committee
Website| paralympic.org.eg
in London
Competitors| 40 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 23rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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* 2024

Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.[1] Egypt made their debut at the Paralympic Games in 1972. Since their debut Egypt have won 165 medals (46 gold, 59 silver, 60 bronze). Egypt's most successful appearance at the Paralympic Games was in Atlanta in 1980, winning 30 medals.

## Background

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55 of the Egyptian 2012 Summer Paralympic team, including volleyball and table tennis athletes, trained in venues across Lincolnshire, including Boston, Louth and the city of Lincoln.[2][3]

Karem Elngar was quoted by the BBC as saying of the 2012 Paralympics, "In Egypt there is a negative attitude to disabled people. The Olympics has not helped to discredit this perception."[4]

The delegation stayed at Egremont House and Festive Mansions in the Paralympic Village.[5]

## Medals

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Egypt left London with 15 medals, 4 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze. This was an improvement of 3 more bronze medals than they won in Beijing.[6][7]

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's track
Athlete  | Events  | Heat  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed | 100m T12 | DNS  | did not advance
200m T12 | 24.58  | 4  | did not advance

Men's field
Athlete  | Events  | Mark  | Points  | Rank

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Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth | Shot put F37-38 | 15.53  | \-  |
Discus throw F37-38 | 42.94  | 950  | 8
Metawa Abouelkhir | Discus throw F57-58 | 54.19  | 944  |
Ibrahim Ibrahim | Discus throw F54-56 | 35.32  | 834  | 9
Javelin throw F54-56 | 34.31  | \-  | 6
Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan | Discus throw F37-38 | 51.92  | 996  | 5
Raed Salem | Javelin throw F57-58 | 47.90  | 991  |

## Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Sherif Othman won gold in powerlifting for Egypt, repeating his winning performance at the 2008 Games.[8] Fatma Omar competed at and became a four-time Paralympic gold medalist in London.[6] Metwalli Mathana appeared in his fifth Paralympic Games.[6] Egypt finished the London Games with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.[9] Following the London Games, Egypt's all time medal total in the sport was 59, including 19 golds.[10]

Historically, Egyptian powerlifters have faced a number of barriers despite their obvious success at the Paralympic Games. They have lacked financial support. Because of the low numbers of practitioners, there is a lack of awareness among parents of children with disabilities about the potential to get involved with powerlifting. These low numbers of practitioners also make the sport cost more, which further reduces participation numbers. The materials provided by the Egyptian Paralympic Committee, and for Disabled Sport Powerlifting Federation are also sometimes wanting in quality, and the cost of distributing them means they are sometimes hard to come by. It is also hard for Egyptians to go abroad, and to bring foreign lifers to Egypt to assist Egyptians in training.[9]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Hany Abdelhady | -90kg | 241.0  |
Taha Abdelmagid | -48kg | 165.0  |
Mohamed Eldib | -100kg | 249.0  |
Mohamed Elelfat | -75kg | 219.0  |
Shaaban Ibrahim | -67.5kg | 202.0  |
Metwaly Mathana | -82.5kg | 227.0  |
Sherif Othman | -56kg | 197.0  |
Mohamed Sabet | +100kg | 225.0  | 6

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Gihan Abdelaziz | -52kg | 107.0  | 4
Heba Ahmed | +82.5kg | 140.0  |
Amany Ali | -75kg | 122.0  | 4
Amal Mahmoud | -60kg | 118.0  |
Randa Mahmoud | -82.5kg | 140.0  |
Fatma Omar | -56kg | 142.0 WR |
Zeinab Oteify | -44kg | 95.0  | 4

## Sitting volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

### Men's tournament

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Roster

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[11]

Head coach: Mansour El Mohamdy

№  | Name  | Date of birth  | Position  | 2012 club

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1 | Hesham Abdelmaksod | 2 February 1975 | M |  El Houreya
2 | Tamer Morgan Khalil | 9 March 1971 | WS |  El Houreya
3 | Yasser Saad Abd El Wahab Hassan | 14 October 1973 | SE |  Police Sports Club Association
4 | Ashraf Zaghloul Abdel Aziz | 24 February 1974 | WS |  Police Sports Club Association
5 | Taher Adel Elbahaey | 9 June 1972 | SE |  El Houreya
6 | Ahmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis | 12 April 1987 | M |  Club Alexandria Petroleum
7 | Ahmed Mohammed Fadl | 1 March 1985 | WS |  Club Alexandria Petroleum
8 | Mohamed Ezzeldin Mohamed | 1 September 1992 | WS |  Club Alexandria Petroleum
9 | Elsayed Moussa Saad | 28 May 1979 | WS |  Police Sports Club Association
10 | Abdel Nabi Ahmed Abdel Latif | 18 June 1972 | L |  Police Sports Club Association
12 | Mohamed Ibrahim | 29 March 1979 | M |  Police Sports Club Association

Group play
Pos | Team

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1  |  Germany | 4  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 12  | 3  | 4.000  | 340  | 266  | 1.278
2  |  Russia | 4  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 11  | 5  | 2.200  | 356  | 275  | 1.295
3  |  Egypt | 4  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 9  | 6  | 1.500  | 424  | 402  | 1.055
4  |  Great Britain | 4  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 3  | 9  | 0.333  | 230  | 276  | 0.833
5  |  Morocco | 4  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 12  | 0.000  | 157  | 300  | 0.523

Source: [citation needed]

30 August 2012
19:00  | Egypt  | 3–0  |  Morocco | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Xin Xia (CHN), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI)

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(25–10, 25–12, 25–22)
Report

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31 August 2012
21:00  | Great Britain  | 0–3  |  Egypt | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Joe Campbell (GBR), Dariusz Jasinski (POL)

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(15–25, 17–25, 22–25)
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2 September 2012
21:00  | Egypt  | 2–3  |  Russia | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA)

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(25–22, 25–19, 18–25, 21–25, 11–15)
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4 September 2012
9:00  | Egypt  | 1–3  |  Germany | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Dominik Raca (CRO)

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(16–25, 22–25, 25–23, 24–26)
Report

Quarter-final
5 September 2012
14:00  | Egypt  | 0–3  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Joe Campbell (USA), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA)

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(17–25, 16–25, 22–25)
Report

5th–8th place semi-final
6 September 2012
14:00  | China  | 2–3  |  Egypt | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)

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(25–16, 23–25, 23–25, 25–17, 11–15)
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5th–6th place match
8 September 2012
14:00  | Egypt  | 2–3  |  Brazil | ExCeL London, London
Referees: Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Benno Meijer (NED)

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(14–25, 25–15, 21–25, 25–15, 13–15)
Report

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's singles
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Abdelrahman Abdelwahab | Singles class 10 |  Andersson (SWE)
W 3–2  |  Berecki (HUN)
L 0–3  | 3  | did not advance
Ehab Fetir | Singles class 5 |  Jung (KOR)
L 1–3  |  Lin (TPE)
L 2–3  | 3  | —  | did not advance
Sameh Saleh | Singles class 4 |  Gomez (VEN)
W 3–1  |  Mihalik (SVK)
W 3–2  | 1  |  Guo (CHN)
W 3–0  |  Kim (KOR)
L 1–3  |  Thomas (FRA)
W 3-1  |
Sayed Youssef | Singles class 7 |  Lambert (CZE)
W 3–1  |  Wollmert (CZE)
L 0–3  | 2  | did not advance

Women's singles
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Fadia Ahmed | Singles class 4 |  Moon (KOR)
L 0-3  |  Gilroy (GBR)
L 0-3  | 3  | did not advance
Angham Maghraby | Singles class 10 |  Yang (CHN)
L 0–3  |  Partyka (POL)
L 0–3  | 3  | did not advance
Eman Mahmoud | Singles class 8 |  Yu (CHN)
L 0–3  |  Abrahamsson (SWE)
L 1–3  | 3  | did not advance
Faiza Mahmoud | Singles class 7 |  Ovsyannikova (RUS)
L 1–3  |  Schrijver (NED)
L 1–3  | 3  | did not advance

Teams
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Abdelrahman Abdelwahab
Sayed Youssef | Men's team class 9-10 |  Netherlands (NED)
L 2-3  | did not advance
Ehab Fetir
Sameh Saleh | Men's team class 4-5 | Bye  |  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
L 1-3  | did not advance
Angham Maghraby
Faiza Mahmoud | Women's team class 6-10 |  Ukraine (UKR)
L 1-3  | did not advance

## References

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1. ^ "Egypt - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
2. ^ "Egyptian Paralympians train in Lincoln". The Lincolnite. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
3. ^ "In pictures: Lincoln greets Egyptian Paralympians". The Lincolnite. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
4. ^ "Paralympics 2012: Views from around the world". BBC News. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
5. ^ "Olympics/Paralympics, who stayed where?" (PDF). Get Living London. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-28.
6. ^ a b c "On to the Paralympics". Al-Ahram Weekly. No. 1311\. September 8, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
7. ^ Administrator. "Results". egyptparalympic.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
8. ^ "Egypt". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
9. ^ a b "DISABLED SPORTS POWERLIFTING CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE VISION IN EGYPT". Retrieved 2016-10-25.
10. ^ "Road to Rio: Powerlifting, 16 facts". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
11. ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

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