Hadia Hosny

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Hadia Hosny
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Personal information
Birth nameHadia Hosny El Said
CountryEgypt
Born (1988-07-30) 30 July 1988 (age 34)
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Years active2002–present
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking79 (WS 29 November 2017)
35 (WD 17 March 2020)
50 (XD 17 November 2016)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Algiers Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Rabat Mixed team
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Kampala Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Benoni Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Benoni Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Benoni Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Algiers Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Marrakesh Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Marrakesh Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Rose Hill Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Algiers Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Algiers Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed team
Africa Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Kampala Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rose Hill Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Rose Hill Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Addis Ababa Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Algiers Women's team
Pan Arab Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Cairo Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Cairo Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Cairo Women's doubles
BWF profile

Hadia Mohamed Hosny Elsaid Mohamed Tawfik El Said (born 30 July 1988) is an Egyptian badminton player playing in the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics. [1] [2] She won the women's singles title at the 2010 African Championships, and emerged as the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2019 African Games. [3]

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Personal life

She is currently working as a teaching assistant at the faculty of pharmacy of the British University in Egypt. She received a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from Ain Shams University in 2010 and an MSc degree in Medical biosciences from the University of Bath in 2012. Since 2015, she is attending as PhD student at the Pharmacology department of the Cairo University. [4] [5] [6]

Career

She started playing badminton in 2000. Her squash coach Tamer Raafet at school was in Egypt national badminton team, and she had just quit gymnastics for an injury the year before and it was hard to get back, then she decide to try badminton. [2]

In September 2013, it was reported that she was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games. [7]

Hadia Started her own Hadia Hosny Badminton Academy (HHBA) in Heliopolis Sporting club and Black ball to train the future generation of athletes in badminton and help the spreading of the sport more. [8]

Achievements

African Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015 Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune 12–21, 10–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007 Salle OMS El Biar,
Algiers, Algeria
Flag of Egypt.svg Alaa Youssef Flag placeholder.svg
Flag placeholder.svg
Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center,
Casablanca, Morocco
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Nigeria.svg Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
Flag of Nigeria.svg Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh
21–9, 21–16 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Gymnase Étienne Mongha,
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
17–21, 19–21 Med 3.png Bronze

African Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2010 Sharing Youth Centre, Kampala, Uganda Flag of South Africa.svg Stacey Doubell 21–17, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold
2013 National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune 18–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2017 John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune21–16, 14–21, 8–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune13–21, 21–18, 11–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Marrakesh, Morocco Flag of Egypt.svg Dina Nagy Flag of Nigeria.svg Maria Braimah
Flag of Nigeria.svg Susan Ideh
19–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2017 John Barrable Hall,
Benoni, South Africa
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
12–21, 21–15, 12–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne,
Algiers, Algeria
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Seychelles.svg Juliette Ah-Wan
Flag of Seychelles.svg Allisen Camille
18–21, 21–13, 18–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne,
Algiers, Algeria
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
21–19, 17–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
23–21, 17–21, 13–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Pan Arab Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2007 Cairo, Egypt Flag of Syria.svg Karam Hadeel Med 2.png Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (20 titles, 22 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010 Mauritius International Flag of France.svg Elisa Chanteur 13–21, 7–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Uganda International Flag of India.svg Saili Rane 12–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 South Africa International Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos 6–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Ethiopia International Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel 6–11, 7–11, 9–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Botswana International Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Egypt International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany 21–16, 24–26, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016South Africa International Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya 8–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016Botswana International Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya8–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018Uganda International Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune 19–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Cameroon International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany21–15, 15–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Syria International Flag of Iran.svg Sabereh Kabiri Flag of Iran.svg Negin Amiripour
Flag of Iran.svg Sahar Zamanian
16–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Namibia International Flag of Morocco.svg Rajae Rochdy Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
Flag of South Africa.svg Stacey Doubell
14–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Ethiopia International Flag of Morocco.svg Rajae Rochdy Flag of Ethiopia.svg Bezawit Tekle Asfaw
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Roza Dilla Mohammed
21–8, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Nigeria International Flag of Uganda.svg Bridget Shamim Bangi Flag of Nigeria.svg Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Flag of Nigeria.svg Fatima Azeez
11–5, 11–10, 11–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Egypt International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Egypt.svg Nadine Ashraf
Flag of Egypt.svg Menna Eltanany
28–26, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Botswana International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Zambia.svg Evelyn Siamupangila
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Uganda International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Zambia.svg Evelyn Siamupangila
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
21–10, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Algeria International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Algeria.svg Halla Bouksani
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
21–19, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Uganda International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Zambia.svg Evelyn Siamupangila
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
21–17, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Cameroon International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Cameroon.svg Louise Lisane Mbas
Flag of Cameroon.svg Stella Joel Ngadjui
21–7, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Uganda International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Iran.svg Samin Abedkhojasteh
Flag of Jordan.svg Domou Amro
21–17, 12–21, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Kenya International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Lithuania.svg Vytaute Fomkinaite
Flag of Lithuania.svg Gerda Voitechovskaja
15–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Benin International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macías
Flag of Peru.svg Dánica Nishimura
19–21, 21–18, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Côte d'Ivoire International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Iran.svg Samin Abedkhojasteh
Flag of Iran.svg Sorayya Aghaei
20–22, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Algeria International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macías
Flag of Peru.svg Dánica Nishimura
13–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Cameroon International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Cameroon.svg Madeleine Carene Leticia Akoumba Ze
Flag of Cameroon.svg Laeticia Guefack Ghomsi
21–6, 21–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Zambia International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Egypt.svg Nour Ahmed Youssri
Flag of Egypt.svg Jana Ashraf
21–9, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2020Kenya International Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany Flag of Pakistan.svg Palwasha Bashir
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mahoor Shahzad
21–13, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Mauritius International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
16–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Namibia International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Chong
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Victoria Na
21–14, 16–21, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Uganda International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud El Sayad
Flag of Egypt.svg Nadine Ashraf
21–14, 15–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Botswana International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Mauritius.svg Sahir Edoo
Flag of Mauritius.svg Yeldie Louison
15–21, 21–14, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 South Africa International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Mauritius.svg Sahir Edoo
Flag of Mauritius.svg Yeldie Louison
21–12, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Egypt International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah
Flag of Egypt.svg Menna Eltanany
18–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Zambia International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Zambia.svg Juma Muwowo
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
21–15, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Botswana International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Zambia.svg Juma Muwowo
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
22–20, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015South Africa International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
21–12, 19–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016Uganda International Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal Flag of Jordan.svg Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef
Flag of Jordan.svg Mazahreh Leina Fehmi
21–16, 16–21, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016Botswana International Flag of Mauritius.svg Julien Paul Flag of Russia.svg Anatoliy Yartsev
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya
12–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Cameroon International Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany
21–13, 15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Kenya International Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah Flag of Jordan.svg Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik
Flag of Jordan.svg Domou Amro
21–11, 10–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Côte d'Ivoire International Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah Flag of the United States.svg Howard Shu
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
16–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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