Egypt at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Egypt at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	EGY
NPC	Egyptian Paralympic Committee
in London
Competitors	40 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 4 6 14
Summer Paralympics appearances
1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.^[1] Egypt made their debut at the Paralympic Games in 1972. Since their debut Egypt have won 165 medals (46 gold, 59 silver, 60 bronze). Egypt's most successful appearance at the Paralympic Games was in Atlanta in 1980, winning 30 medals.

Background

55 of the Egyptian 2012 Summer Paralympic team, including volleyball and table tennis athletes, trained in venues across Lincolnshire, including Boston, Louth and the city of Lincoln.^[2][3]

Karem Elngar was quoted by the BBC as saying of the 2012 Paralympics, "In Egypt there is a negative attitude to disabled people. The Olympics has not helped to discredit this perception."^[4]

The delegation stayed at Egremont House and Festive Mansions in the Paralympic Village.^[5]

Medals

Egypt left London with 15 medals, 4 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze. This was an improvement of 3 more bronze medals than they won in Beijing.^[6][7]

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed	100m T12
	200m T12	24.58	4	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth	Shot put F37-38	15.53
	Discus throw F37-38	42.94		8th
Metawa Abouelkhir	Discus throw F57-58	54.19	944
Ibrahim Ibrahim	Discus throw F54-56
	Javelin throw F54-56
Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan	Discus throw F37-38
Raed Salem	Javelin throw F57-58

Powerlifting

Sherif Othman won gold in powerlifting for Egypt, repeating his winning performance at the 2008 Games.^[8] Fatma Omar competed at and became a four-time Paralympic gold medalist in London.^[6] Metwalli Mathana appeared in his fifth Paralympic Games.^[6] Egypt finished the London Games with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.^[9] Following the London Games, Egypt's all time medal total in the sport was 59, including 19 golds.^[10]

Historically, Egyptian powerlifters have faced a number of barriers despite their obvious success at the Paralympic Games. They have lacked financial support. Because of the low numbers of practitioners, there is a lack of awareness among parents of children with disabilities about the potential to get involved with powerlifting. These low numbers of practitioners also make the sport cost more, which further reduces participation numbers. The materials provided by the Egyptian Paralympic Committee, and for Disabled Sport Powerlifting Federation are also sometimes wanting in quality, and the cost of distributing them means they are sometimes hard to come by. It is also hard for Egyptians to go abroad, and to bring foreign lifers to Egypt to assist Egyptians in training.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hany Abdelhady	-90kg	241.0
Taha Abdelmagid	-48kg	165.0
Mohamed Eldib	-100kg
Mohamed Elelfat	-75kg	219.0
Shaaban Ibrahim	-67.5kg	202.0
Metwaly Mathana	-82.5kg	227.0
Sherif Othman	-56kg	197.0
Mohamed Sabet	+100kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Gihan Abdelaziz	-52kg	107.0	4
Heba Ahmed	+82.5kg
Amany Ali	-75kg	122.0	4
Amal Mahmoud	-60kg	118.0
Randa Mahmoud	-82.5kg	140.0
Fatma Omar	-56kg	142.0 WR
Zeinab Oteify	-44kg	95.0	4

Sitting volleyball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[11]

Head coach: Mansour El Mohamdy

№	Name	Date of birth	Position	2012 club
1	Abdelmaksod, HeshamHesham Abdelmaksod	2 February 1975	M	El Houreya
2	Khalil, Tamer MorganTamer Morgan Khalil	9 March 1971	WS	El Houreya
3	Abd El Wahab Hassan, Yasser SaadYasser Saad Abd El Wahab Hassan	14 October 1973	SE	Police Sports Club Association
4	Abdel Aziz, Ashraf ZaghloulAshraf Zaghloul Abdel Aziz	24 February 1974	WS	Police Sports Club Association
5	Elbahaey, Taher AdelTaher Adel Elbahaey	9 June 1972	SE	El Houreya
6	Khamis, Ahmed Mohammed SolimanAhmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis	12 April 1987	M	Club Alexandria Petroleum
7	Fadl, Ahmed MohammedAhmed Mohammed Fadl	1 March 1985	WS	Club Alexandria Petroleum
8	Ezzeldin Mohamed, MohamedMohamed Ezzeldin Mohamed	1 September 1992	WS	Club Alexandria Petroleum
9	Saad, Elsayed MoussaElsayed Moussa Saad	28 May 1979	WS	Police Sports Club Association
10	Ahmed Abdel Latif, Abdel NabiAbdel Nabi Ahmed Abdel Latif	18 June 1972	L	Police Sports Club Association
12	Ibrahim, MohamedMohamed Ibrahim	29 March 1979	M	Police Sports Club Association

Group play

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	8	4	0	12	3	4.000	340	266	1.278
2	Russia	7	3	1	11	5	2.200	356	275	1.295
3	Egypt	6	2	2	9	6	1.500	424	402	1.055
4	Great Britain	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	230	276	0.833
5	Morocco	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	157	300	0.523

Egypt  v Morocco

30 August 2012 19:00

Egypt	3–0	Morocco
(25–10, 25–12, 25–22) Report

ExCeL London, London Referees: Xin Xia (CHN), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI)

31 August 2012 21:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Egypt	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Joe Campbell (GBR), Dariusz Jasinski (POL) Report(s): Report
	15 17 22 54	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

2 September 2012 21:00	Egypt	2 – 3	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dominik Raca (CRO), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA) Report(s): Report
	25 25 18 21 11 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	22 19 25 25 15 108

4 September 2012 9:00	Egypt	1 – 3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Toomas Murulo (EST), Dominik Raca (CRO) Report(s): Report
	16 22 25 24 87	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 25 23 26 99

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 14:00	Egypt	0 – 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Joe Campbell (USA), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA) Report(s): Report
	17 16 22 55	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

5th–8th place semi-final

6 September 2012 14:00	China	2 – 3	Egypt	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dominik Raca (CRO), Sari Mannersuo (FIN) Report(s): Report
	25 23 23 25 11 107	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	16 25 25 17 15 98

5th–6th place match

8 September 2012 14:00	Egypt	2 – 3	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Benno Meijer (NED) Report(s): Report
	14 25 21 25 13 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 15 25 15 15 95

Table tennis

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelrahman Abdelwahab	Singles class 10	Andersson (SWE) W 3–2	Berecki (HUN) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Ehab Fetir	Singles class 5	Jung (KOR) L 1–3	Lin (TPE) L 2–3	3	N/A	Did not advance
Sameh Saleh	Singles class 4	Gomez (VEN) W 3–1	Mihalik (SVK) W 3–2	1	Guo (CHN) W 3–0	Kim (KOR) L 1–3	Thomas (FRA) W 3-1
Sayed Youssef	Singles class 7	Lambert (CZE) W 3–1	Wollmert (CZE) L 0–3	2	Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fadia Ahmed	Singles class 4	Moon (KOR) L 0-3	Gilroy (GBR) L 0-3	3	Did not advance
Angham Maghraby	Singles class 10	Yang (CHN) L 0–3	Partyka (POL) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Eman Mahmoud	Singles class 8	Yu (CHN) L 0–3	Abrahamsson (SWE) L 1–3	3	Did not advance
Faiza Mahmoud	Singles class 7	Ovsyannikova (RUS) L 1–3	Schrijver (NED) L 1–3	3	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelrahman Abdelwahab Sayed Youssef	Men's team class 9-10	Netherlands (NED) 0
Ehab Fetir Sameh Saleh	Men's team class 4-5	Bye	Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0
Angham Maghraby Faiza Mahmoud	Women's team class 6-10	Ukraine (UKR) 0

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