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Nour Abdelsalam
Personal information
Born (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31)
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Egypt
African Taekwondo Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tunis -49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Port Said -49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Agadir -49 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville -49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat -49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin -49 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang -49 kg
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan -49 kg

Nour Abdelsalam (born 29 March 1993) is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She is scheduled to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's -49 kg event at the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships in Agadir, Morocco.[1]

Career

In 2010, she competed in the girls' 49 kg event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. She was eliminated in her first match by Melanie Phan who went on to win one of the bronze medals. The following year, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan where she was eliminated in her second match by Carolena Carstens of Panama. In 2013, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey. In the same year, at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event.[2]

In 2019, she represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the 49 kg event.[3] She also represented Egypt at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China and she won the silver medal in the 49 kg event.[4] At the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Rabat, Morocco, she has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2014 African Championships 1st 49 kg
2015 African Games 1st 49 kg
2016 African Championships 1st 49 kg
2018 African Championships 1st 49 kg
2019 African Games 2nd 49 kg

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Dan (29 March 2018). "Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Women's 49 kg". 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Results book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.