Basmla ElSalamoney explained

Basmla Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Elsalamoney بسملة عبد الحميد عبدالحميد السلاموني (born 25, February, 1999) at Gharbia, Egypt is an Egyptian triathlete.[1]

Basmla ElSalamoney
Native Name:بسملة السلاموني
Native Name Lang:العربية
Citizenship:Egyptian
Birth Date:25 February 1999
Birth Place:Gharbia, Egypt
Residence:Cairo
Occupation:Student
Country:Egypt
Sport:Triathlon
Position:U23 Women - Elite Women
Rank:68 (August 2021)
Club:The Hikestep Military Sport School
Team:The ASICS World Triathlon Development Team
Turnedpro:2018
Coach:Ahmed Salama
Highestranking:68 (August 2021)

Basmla is the first ever Egyptian to qualify to the Olympics triathlon, and the first Arab female triathlete to do so. While she took part in Tokyo 2020, also she was the youngest competitor at Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the women's triathlon event.[2] She also won the bronze medal in the mixed relay event.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Profile. live. Triathlon.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20190825143132/https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/104258/basmla_elsalamoney . 2019-08-25 .
  2. Web site: Siwane and ElSalamoney secure African Games triathlon titles. Michael. Pavitt. 24 August 2019. Inside the Games. 24 August 2019. 24 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190824204307/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083897/triathlon-titles-earned-at-african-games. live.