List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Egypt

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Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, with women competing for the time at the 1928 Olympic Games. [1] Sherine El-Zeiny became the first female Egyptian artistic gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games, doing so in 2008. [2] Since then Egypt has had at least one female gymnast at the Olympic Games.

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Gymnasts

GymnastYearsRef.
Sherine El-Zeiny 2008, 2012, 2016 [3]
Zeina Ibrahim 2020 [4]
Salma Mahmoud 2012 [5]
Mandy Mohamed 2020 [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Gutman, Dan (1996). Gymnastics . Puffin Books. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "El-Zeiny Sherine FIG bio". International Gymnastics Federation .
  3. ↑ "Sherine El-Zeiny". Olympedia .
  4. ↑ "Zeina Ibrahim Sharaf". Olympedia .
  5. ↑ "Salma El-Said". Olympedia .
  6. ↑ "Mandy Mohamed". Olympedia .
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