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The first Summer Olympic Games was held in 1896 in Athens, but women competed for the first time in next games in 1900 in Paris. [1] An Egyptian woman was scheduled to compete for the first time in the 1972 Summer Olympics, but the Munich massacre during that Games led to the departure of Egypt's delegation before the she could compete.
Egypt competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.
Egyptian women eventually made their Olympic debut 88 years after the Games' inception, during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [4] This made Egypt the fourth Arab country to have female participants in the Olympics, after Algeria, Libya, and Syria. [5] Since then, Egyptian women have consistently participated in every Summer Olympics ...
Hafez, 26, won her first-round match in the women’s saber competition on Monday morning, toppling American Elizabeth Tartakovsky by a score of 15-13. Korea’s Jeon Hayoung then eliminated Hafez ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Egyptian origin" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... This page was last edited on 20 September 2024, at ...
Members of Egypt’s women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match.
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.
Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing.