Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali

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Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali (born 10 June 1975) is an Egyptian former racewalker. [1] She is the Egyptian record holder in the 20 kilometres walk with her time of 1:41:08 hours from 2002. [2] She is a three-time African champion and represented Egypt at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup on four occasions. [3]

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Ali was among the foremost female walkers in Africa and among Arab countries during her career. She won three gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics, winning in 1998, 2002 and 2006. She was also runner-up in 1996 and 2000, finishing behind Algeria's Dounia Kara then Bahia Boussad. [4] At the All-Africa Games she was twice a silver medallist, taking second place in the 5000 metres walk behind Kara in 1995, then finishing behind South Africa's Susan Vermeulen in the 10 kilometres walk in 1999. [5]

In Arab regional competition, she was a gold medallist at the 1998 Arab Athletics Championships and at the 1999 Pan Arab Games. As at African-level, she was runner-up twice to Kara at the Arab Championships (1993 and 1995). [6] [7] The last medals of her international career came in 2007, when she placed second behind Tunisia's Chaima Trabelsi at both the 2007 Arab Athletics Championships and the Pan Arab Games. [8] [9]

As a junior, she represented Egypt at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was the champion at the 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships and runner-up at the 1994 African Junior Athletics Championships. [10] [11]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1993 Arab Championships Latakia, Syria2nd10,000 m walk58:53.18
1994 African Junior Championships Algiers, Algeria2nd5000 m walk24:28.03
World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal25th 5000 m walk 24:53.02
Arab Junior Championships Tunis, Tunisia1st5000 m walk25:54.76 CR
1995 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt2nd10,000 m walk52:23.8
All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe2nd5000 m walk24:25.3
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon2nd5000 m walk24:05.40
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic90th10 km walk49:51
1998 Arab Championships Ta'if, Saudi Arabia1st20 km walk52:19
African Championships Dakar, Senegal1st5000 m walk24:28.42
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France99th20 km walk1:52:46
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa2nd 10 km walk 50:19
Pan Arab Games Irbid, Jordan1st10 km walk51:06
2000 African Championships Algiers, Algeria2nd10 km walk50:15
2001 Francophonie Games Ottawa, Canada4th 10,000 m walk 47:27
Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia7th 20 km walk 1:45:54
2002 World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy51st20 km walk1:41:08
African Championships Radès, Tunisia1st 10 km walk 49:26
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain64th20 km walk1:46:42
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 20 km walk 1:43:22
2007 Arab Championships Amman, Jordan2nd10 km walk51:16.6
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt2nd 10,000 m walk 55:14.6

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