Malak Selim

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Malak Selim
Full nameMalak Selim Sharif
Born (2003-05-01) 1 May 2003 (age 22)
Giza, Egypt
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Medal record
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Sharm El Sheikh All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Sharm El Sheikh5 balls
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 Sharm El Sheikh3 hoops + 2 clubs

Malak Selim Sharif (born 1 May 2003) [1] is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time senior African champion, and she represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the junior level, she won three gold medals at the 2016 African Championships.

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Career

In 2016, Selim participated with the junior Egyptian group in the African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, which was held in Walvis Bay, Namibia. They won the group all-around title, and they also won both apparatus finals. [2] [3] In 2017, she 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. [4] [5] [6]

Selim became age-eligible to join the senior group in 2019. In 2020, she participated in the group events at the 15th African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships which held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, [7] and they won the group all-around title to qualify for the Olympic Games. They also won both apparatus finals. [8] [9] [10] [11] This also marked the first time an African nation qualified for the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics group event. [12]

Selim competed with the Egyptian group at the 2021 Baku World Cup, and they placed 13th in the group all-around. They did not advance into either apparatus final. [13] She was selected to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo alongside Login Elsasyed, Polina Fouda, Salma Saleh, and Tia Sobhy. They finished thirteenth out of the fourteen groups in the qualification round for the group all-around. They did not advance into the final. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Selim Malak". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "13th African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Results" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Egypt rhythmic gymnastics team acquire first place at the African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship". Daily News Egypt .
  4. ↑ "Egypt wins 2nd place at International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament". Daily News Egypt. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Egypt in the International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament" (PDF).
  6. ↑ الوطن (22 December 2017). "مصر تحقق أرقاماً قياسية فى بطولة لوكسمبورج للجمباز الإيقاعى". الوطن (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "استقبال حافل لملك سليم فى معسكر منتخب الجمباز بعد رفع الإيقاف". اليوم السابع. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "15th African Championships | Egypt 2020".
  9. ↑ "15th African Championships Sharm Elshikh (EGY)" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Egyptian Rhythmic Gymnastics' Team Qualifies for the Olympics". Insight. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Tokyo-bound Egyptian Rhythmic gymnasts sweep African Championships". International Gymnastics Federation . 18 March 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics Qualification Group" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . AGF Trophy 2021. 9 May 2021. p. 57. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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