Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud (Egyptian Arabic: عبير عبد الرحمن; born 13 June 1992) is an Egyptian weightlifter. She was born in Alexandria, Egypt.[1] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the -69 kg and -75 kg weight categories, respectively, and finished in fifth place at both Games.[2] In 2016, Abdelrahman retroactively became the first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal when the original gold, silver, and bronze medal winners were disqualified due to doping.[3] Abdelrahman is now the silver medal winner for the 75 kg event in the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming second to Spain's Lidia Velentin.[4] The first Egyptian woman to receive her Olympic medal on the podium was Sara Ahmed for her bronze medal performance in the women's 69 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
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| Full name | Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Egyptian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1992 (age 32) Alexandria, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abir Abdulrahman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
Full name: Abir Abdulrahman Khalil Mahmoud Khalil, Original name: عبير عبدالرحمن خليل محمود خليل
- ^ "Khalil Mahmoud K Abir Abdelrahman". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Egypt Gets its First-Ever Woman Olympic Medal Winner". Egyptian Streets. 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "ABIR ABDELRAHMAN Khalil Mahmoud Khalil EGY". International Weightlifting Federation. 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Weightlifting - Ahmed earns landmark podium for Egypt". Channel NewsAsia. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Sims, Alexandra (12 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Egypt's Sara Ahmed becomes first Arab woman to win Olympic weightlifting medal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
External links
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Media related to Abeer Abdelrahman at Wikimedia Commons
- Khalil Mahmoud Khalil ABIR ABDELRAHMAN at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Khalil Mahmoud K ABIR ABDELRAHMAN at Olympics.com
- Abir Abdulrahman at Olympedia
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