| Malak Selim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 2003 Giza, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malak Selim (born 1 May 2003) [1] is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast and a member of the Egyptian Gymnastics Federation. [2] [3] [4] She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2016, Selim participated at the 13th African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships which held in Walvis Bay, Namibia, ended in 1st place winning 3 gold medals in the 5-hoop events, the 5-ball events and in the 5-hoop + 5-ball event. [5] [6]
In 2017, Selim was a member of the silver-winning Egyptian national junior rhythmic gymnastics team who represented Egypt in the International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament held in Luxembourg and ended in 2nd place winning the silver medal. [7] [8] [9]
In 2020, she participated in the group events at the 15th African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships which held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, [10] ended in 1st place and won 3 gold medals in the all-around events, 5 balls events and 3 hoops + 2 clubs event which qualified the Egyptian Gymnastics team for the 2021 Olympics. [11] [12] [13]
She was selected to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Login Elsasyed, Polina Fouda, Salma Saleh, and Tia Sobhy. They finished thirteenth in the qualification round for the group all-around. [14]
Salome Pazhava is a former Georgian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is Georgia's most successful rhythmic gymnast after Irina Gabashvili. She finished 4th in All-around at the 2015 World Championships.
Arina Alekseyevna Averina is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a 2020 Summer Olympics finalist, a two-time world all-around silver medalist, a two-time European all-around champion and the 2016 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist. She is a three-time (2019-2021) Russian national all-around champion and a three-time Russian national all-around medalist. Her identical twin sister Dina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.
Laura Yihan Zeng is an American former individual rhythmic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She swept all of the events at the 2015 Pan American Games and at the 2018 Pan American Championships. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic and 2019 Summer Universiade all-around bronze medalist and the 2019 Grand Prix Final hoop bronze medalist. She is an eight-time national all-around champion, six times at the senior level and twice at the junior level (2013-14).
Linoy Ashram is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around Champion, the 2018 World All-around silver medalist, two-time World All-around bronze medalist, the 2020 European All-around champion, and the 2019 European Games All-around silver medalist. She is the third Israeli athlete and first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport, and the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast to win an Olympic medal. She became the first rhythmic gymnast from outside a post-Soviet republic to win a gold medal at an Olympics where former Soviet states participated. Ashram announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics at a press conference in Tel Aviv on 4 April 2022.
Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the World champion in the team event at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, as well as silver medalist in the clubs and ribbon finals. She is the 2023 European all-around champion as well as in the team competition, the 2022 European champion with ball, ribbon, and in the team competition, the 2021 and 2022 European all-around silver medalist, and the 2018 World team silver medalist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around and finished 5th place. At the national level, she is a four-time Bulgarian National Champion.
Erika Rosenova Zafirova is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic group all-around champion. She is the 2019 World group all-around bronze medalist and 5 balls silver medalist. She is the 2021 European 5 balls champion and 3 hoops + 4 clubs silver medalist. She won two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2019 European Games.
The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 to 22 September 2019. The competition took place at the National Gymnastics Arena and served as a qualifier for the 2020 Olympic Games. There were Olympic berths awarded to 16 individuals and 5 groups. There were 301 participating athletes from 61 countries.
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Evita Griskenas is an American individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 USA national all-around champion. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished twelfth in the qualification round for the individual all-around. She was the most decorated athlete at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won four gold medals and one bronze medal. She swept the gold medals at the 2017 Pan American Championships. She is a four-time national all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 junior national all-around champion.
Nicole Pircio Nunes Duarte is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games and at the 2019 South American Championships, and she won four gold medals at the 2022 South American Championships. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished twelfth in qualifications for the group all-around.
Darya Sorokina is an Azerbaijani individual and group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls bronze medalist. She is the 2020 European group all-around silver medalist and the 2022 European group all-around bronze medalist. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Yelyzaveta Luzan is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast. As a member of the Azerbaijan group, she is the 2022 World 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls bronze medalist. She is the 2020 European group all-around silver medalist and 2022 European group all-around bronze medalist. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics. As an individual, she represented Azerbaijan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won a gold medal in the mixed team event.
Habiba Marzouk is an Egyptian individual rhythmic gymnast representing Egypt at international competitions and Wadi Degla SC in national competitions.
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Salma Saleh is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast. She was a member of the team that represented Egypt in the 2016 and 2020 African Championships. She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Polina Fouda ‘Amru is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast. She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Login Elsasyed is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast. She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ekaterina Andreevna Fetisova is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 Asian Championships ball champion and all-around bronze medalist. She also won team gold and hoop bronze at the 2019 Asian Championships. She represented Uzbekistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2018 Asian junior all-around champion.
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