Egypt at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Egypt at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	EGY
NPC	Egyptian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	49 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September. This was Egypt's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Sherif Othman	Powerlifting	Men's 59 kg	27 August
Silver	Rehab Ahmed	Powerlifting	Women's 50 kg	27 August
Silver	Mahmoud Attia	Powerlifting	Men's 72 kg	28 August
Silver	Fatma Omar	Powerlifting	Women's 67 kg	28 August
Silver	Mohamed El-Zayat	Taekwondo	Men's 61 kg	2 September
Bronze	Mohamed Elelfat	Powerlifting	Men's 80 kg	28 August
Bronze	Hany Abdelhady	Powerlifting	Men's 88 kg	29 August

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	1	0	1
Goalball	0	6	6
Powerlifting	7	8	15
Sitting Volleyball	12	0	12
Swimming	2	2	4
Table Tennis	4	2	6
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Total	29	20	49

Athletics[]

Source:^[2]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Men
	High jump T63	1.69	8
	Discus throw F37
Women
	400 metres T37	1:17.73	7

Badminton[]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's singles SU5	Cheah (MAS) L (3–21, 2–21)	(JPN) L (5–21, 4–21)	(TPE) L (6–21, 2–21)	4	Did not advance

Goalball[]

With the withdrawal of the Algeria women's team by 21 April 2021, the International Paralympic Committee selected Egypt as a replacement.^[3] A goalball team has up to six players, separate to team staff (of which, up to three may be on the team bench as well).

Women's[]

Group stage

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Powerlifting[]

Source:^[4]

Number	Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Men
1	Taha Abdelmajid	−54 kg	164	4
2	Sherif Othman	−59 kg	187
3	Mahmoud Attia	−72 kg	191
4	Mohamed Elelfat	−80 kg	212
5	Hany Abdelhady	−88 kg	214
6		−97 kg	200	6
7	Amr Mosaad	+107 kg	206	6
Women
8	Rehab Ahmed	−50 kg	120
9		−55 kg	100	7
10		−61 kg	127	4
11	Fatma Omar	−67 kg	120
12	Amal Mahmoud	−73 kg	131	4
13		−79 kg	110	6
14	Amany Ali	−86 kg	131	4
15	Randa Mahmoud	+86 kg	128	5

Sitting volleyball[]

Egyptian men's sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning at the 2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships.^[5]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's tournament	Bosnia and Herzegovina L 0–3	W 3–0	L 0–3	3	Did not advance	Fifth place match  Germany W 3–2	5

Men's tournament[]

Group play

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1		3	3	0	3	9	0	MAX	225	151	1.490	Semifinals
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	2	6	3	2.000	205	176	1.165
3	Egypt	3	1	2	1	3	6	0.500	193	174	1.109	Fifth place match
4		3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	103	225	0.458	Seventh place match

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 22:00 v	Egypt	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Andre Calado (BRA), Neal Konowalyk (CAN)
	(23–25, 22–25, 15–25) Results Statistics

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29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 18:30 v		0–3	Egypt	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Marie-Claude Richer (CAN), Huang Xiao (CHN)
	(11–25, 7–25, 6–25) Results Statistics

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31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 10:00 v	Egypt	0–3		Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Ute Fischer (GER)
	(21–25, 17–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

Fifth place match

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 15:30 v	Egypt	3–2	Germany	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Kim Jong-heun (KOR), Marie-Claude Richer (CAN)
	(25–23, 24–26, 25–18, 22–25, 15–8) Results Statistics

Swimming[]

Three Egyptian swimmers have successfully entered the Paralympic Games slot after breaking the minimum qualification score (MQS).^[6][7][8]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men
	50m freestyle S3
	200m freestyle S3
	150m individual medley SM3		11	Did Not Advance
	200m freestyle S5		11	Did Not Advance
	100m breaststroke SB4		11	Did Not Advance
Women
	100m breaststroke SB4		8		8
	50m freestyle S6		13	Did Not Advance
	400m freestyle S6
Mixed
Egypt	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points		12	Did Not Advance

Table tennis[]

Egypt has entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. All of them qualified from 2019 ITTF African Para Championships which was held in Alexandria, Egypt.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Men
	Individual C4	Thomas (FRA) L 1–3	(NGR) W 3–1	N/A	2 Q	(INA) W 3–2	Kim (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Individual C5	Baus (GER) L 0–3	Öztürk (TUR) L 0–3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Ibrahim Hamadtou		(KOR) L 0–3	(CHN) L 0–3	N/A	3	Did not advance
		Ballestrino (AUS) W 3–1	Stroh (BRA) L 1–3	(JPN) W 3–0	2 Q	(JPN) W 3–1	Yan (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance
		N/A
Ibrahim Hamadtou		N/A
Women
	Individual C5	Zhang (CHN) L 0–3	Lundback (SWE) L 0–3	N/A	3	Did not advance
	Individual C6	Lytovchenko (UKR) L 0–3	(AUS) L 0–3	N/A	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo[]

Egypt qualified two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them are confirmed to compete after winning the gold medal at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.^[10]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed El-Zayat	Men's –61 kg
	Women's –58 kg

See also[]

• Egypt at the Paralympics
• Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References[]