Randa Mahmoud
 Mahmoud at the 2016 Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Born | 20 August 1987 (age 37) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Sport | Powerlifting |
Medal record | |
Randa Mahmoud (born 20 August 1987) is an Egyptian Paralympic powerlifter. She won a gold medal in the 86 kg division at the 2016 Paralympics, placing second in 2008 and 2012 in lighter categories.[1]
At the 2014 IPC Powerlifting Championships in Dubai, Randa had to witness Loveline Obiji from Nigeria being awarded the gold medal after her world record setting last lift was not allowed. However Mahmoud appealed and her lift was allowed giving her the gold medal and the world record.[2]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Randa Mahmoud.
- ^ Randa Mahmoud. rio2016.com
- ^ Egypts Randa Mahmoud's World Record Lift, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 14 September 2016
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- Egyptian powerlifters
- Paralympic powerlifters for Egypt
- Powerlifters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Powerlifters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Paralympic gold medalists for Egypt
- Paralympic silver medalists for Egypt
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Female powerlifters
- African Games silver medalists for Egypt
- African Games medalists in weightlifting
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Paralympic medalists in powerlifting
- Powerlifters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen