Afaf El-Hodhod (Arabic: عفاف هدهد; born October 1, 1996, in Cairo) is an Egyptian sport shooter.[1] She won a total of three medals, including two golds, in both air and sport pistol at the African Shooting Championships (2014 and 2015), and also attained a top-five finish at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Afaf El-Hodhod |
| Nationality |  Egypt |
| Born | 1 October 1996 Cairo, Egypt |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP40) 25 m pistol (SP) |
El-Hodhod made her first Olympic team for Egypt as a seventeen-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she competed in the girls' 10 m air pistol. Coming to the final with a third seed at 380 points, El-Hodhod commanded an early lead after thirteen shots, but then spoiled her previous good results with a 7.7 that saw her fall to fifth at 137.4.[3][4]
When Cairo hosted the 2015 African Championships on her senior debut, El-Hodhod broke an African record of 381 out of a possible 400 approaching to the final, and then beat Tunisia's 2012 Olympian Noura Nasri in a duel to defend her air pistol title with a score of 198.2; the first being previously done as a junior in 2014.[2][5]
References
edit- ^ "ISSF Profile – Afaf El-Hodhod". ISSF. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ a b Morgan, Liam (5 December 2015). "Namibian and Egyptian shooters earn Rio 2016 quota places with victories at African Shooting Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ Ceschi, Alessandro (17 August 2014). "Last-minute 10.7 gives Nowak first gold of Nanjing". ISSF. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Nanjing 2014: Women's 10m Air Pistol Final Results". ISSF. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Egyptian female player qualified for Rio Olympic Games". Egypt State Information Service. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
External links
edit- Afaf El-Hodhod at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Afaf El-Hodhod at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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