| Heba Khaled El Bourini | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 25, 1994 Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Egypt | |||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2009 - 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gezira Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||
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Heba Khaled El Bourini (born 25 August 1994) is a retired Egyptian rhythmic gymnast. [1] She represented her country in international competitions.
Heba studied at the English Modern School in Cairo. Her mother was a gymnast as well as her grandfather Lotaif Mahgoub, a pioneer of Egyptian gymnastics in the 1930s. [2] She was described as a future champion as young as 12 years old while she was training for Gezira Club. [3]
She won gold at the 2007 Arab Games in her native Cairo. [4] In 2009 she was crowned junior champion at the African Championships. [5] [6]
In 2010 she was selected for her maiden World Championships in Moscow, being 71st in the All-Around, 73rd with rope, 82nd with hoop, 91st with ball, 53rd with ribbon and 29th in teams. [7] That year she also won gold with ball at the African Championships in Walvis Bay. [8]
In 2015 she competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart as a member of the group, finishing 22nd in the All-Around, 22nd with 5 ribbons and 22nd with 6 clubs & 2 hoops. [9]
