Esraa Muhammed Samir Owis (Arabic: اسراء محمد سمير•عويس; born 15 October 1997) is an Egyptian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. In 2022, she became the first woman from Egypt to win a silver medal in the long jump at the Mediterranean Games. She won two gold medals in the women's long jump and the triple jump in the 2023 Arab Games.
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| Full name | Esraa Muhammed Samir Owis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long Jump , Triple Jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Long jump: 6.75m (2022) Triple jump: 13.57 NR (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOwis won two medals at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships, a silver in the triple jump event and a bronze in the long jump event.[1]
Following ankle surgery and nine months of rehab,[2] Owis went on to compete at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics, where she won bronze in the long jump.[3] She then become the first woman from Egypt to win a silver medal in the long jump at the Mediterranean Games in 2022.[2]
In 2023, Owis won two gold medals at the Arab Games, in both the long jump and the triple jump.[4][5] In 2024, she qualified for the Summer Olympics in Paris for the long jump.[6][7] In Paris, she jumped to 6.2 m, placing 15th in the first group.[8]
Owis holds personal bests of 6.75 m in the long jump. Her personal best of 13.57 m in the triple jump set at the 2023 Arab Games is an Egyptian national record.[6][9]
References
edit- ^ "CAA 12th African Junior Athletics Championships" (PDF). Athletics Results from Africa. CAA. March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Egyptian athlete overcomes injury to win silver at Mediterranean Games". The National. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "إسراء عويس تحقق ذهبية الثلاثى بألعاب القوى فى دورةالألعاب العربية" [Esraa Owis wins gold in athletics triple jump at the Arab Games]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain make spectacular start". The Daily Tribune. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b Esraa Owis at World Athletics
- ^ "إسراء عويس لاعبة ألعاب القوى تتأهل رسميًا إلى أولمبياد ..." [Israa Owais, the track and field athlete, officially qualifies for the Olympics] (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Nassar, Sherif (6 August 2024). "الفراعنة في باريس.. اسراء عويس تودعمنافسات دورة الالعاب في الوثبالطويل" [The Pharaohs in Paris: Esraa Owis bids farewell to the Games competition in the long jump]. Tatweeg News (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "إسراء عويس تحقق ذهبية الوثب الطويل في الدورة العربية" [Israa Owais wins gold in long jump at Arab Games] (in Arabic). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
