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Born | 3 August 1968 |
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Sport | Swimming |
Nevine Hafez (born 3 August 1968) is an Egyptian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1] She was the first woman to represent Egypt at the Olympics. [2]
Egypt competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. However, Egypt did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. 114 competitors, 108 men and 6 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Saint Kitts and Nevis first participated at the Olympic Games in 1996, and have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The country has not competed at the Winter Olympic Games.
Osman Abdel Hafeez was an Egyptian épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was one of six members of the Egyptian fencing team who perished on board KLM Flight 607-E on 14 August 1958.
Gévrise Émane is a French judoka. She was the European champion in the women's 63 kg weight class.
Shaimaa El-Gammal is an Egyptian fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming her nation's first female competitor to appear in four Olympic games.
Noha Safwat Hafez Abd Rabo is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. Abd Rabo qualified for the women's heavyweight class (+67 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya. She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Norway's Nina Solheim, with a score of 3–9. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Abd Rabo took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Malaysia's Che Chew Chan. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson, with a score of 1–5.
Heba Ahmed is an Egyptian rower.
Nada Hafez is an Egyptian sabre fencer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics in Sabre.
Sherwite Hafez is an Egyptian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
El-Sayed Fahmi Abaza was an Egyptian footballer who played as a defender. He competed in the 1920 and 1928 Summer Olympics. He also played for Zamalek and won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921, and the first Egypt Cup in 1922.
Hafez El-Hussein is a retired Syrian athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was a bronze medalist in the javelin throw at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
Abdel Rahman Hafez Ismail was an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Fouad Gamil was an Egyptian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Sayed Hafez Shehata was an Egyptian wrestler. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Gaber Hafez is an Egyptian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Mohamed Hafez El-Sayed is an Egyptian weightlifter. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The Summer Olympics were first held in 1896 in Athens, but women were not permitted to participate until the second edition of the Games in 1900 in Paris. In that year, 23 female athletes competed alongside 1,201 male athletes. Seventy-six years after the inaugural Summer Olympics, Egyptian women were on the cusp of participating in the 1972 Summer Olympics for the first time. However, the Egyptian delegation withdrew from the Games prematurely after the Munich incident. As documented in the official report of the Olympic Organizing Committee, Egypt's planned participation included one female athlete alongside 38 male athletes. However, the participation featured no women and was limited to 23 male athletes.