Noha Yossry (Arabic: نهى يسري; born 7 February 1992 in Cairo) is an Egyptian table tennis player.[3] She won a silver medal, as a member of the Egyptian table tennis team, at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. As of March 2013, Yossry is ranked no. 669 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1] She was also mentioned on The Big Bang Theory TV show season 12 episode 2.
| Noha Yossry | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1992 Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed, classic[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 574 (September 2008)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 669 (March 2013)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yossry qualified for the women's singles tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 6 seeded players from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4][5][6] She lost the preliminary round match to Ukraine's Tetyana Sorochinskaya, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "ITTF World Player Profile – Noha Yossry". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Noha Yossry". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Noha Yossry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (22 July 2007). "African Olympic Games Qualifiers Named". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled". Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
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