Hedaya Malak Explained

Hedaya Malak Wahba
Birth Name:هداية ملاك وهبة
Nationality:Egyptian
Birth Date:1993 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Height:1.74m (05.71feet)[1]
Weight:67kg (148lb)
Sport:Taekwondo
Event: –67 kg
Coach:Rossindo Alonso[2]

Hedaya Malak Wahba (Arabic: هداية ملاك وهبة, born 21 April 1993) is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the Olympic Games in London in 2012, won a bronze medal in Rio 2016, and another bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.[3] [4] [5]

Career

Malak took up taekwondo aged six, following her elder brother; she was joined by her younger brother.[2] She ranked first in the Giza governorate championship before winning Egypt's championship at 14 years old.[6]

At the London 2012 Olympics, she competed in the Taekwondo women's 57 kg and qualified for the quarterfinals by defeating Robin Cheong of New Zealand in the round of 16. She was defeated at the quarterfinals by Marlène Harnois of France.[7]

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ranking third in the WTF Olympic Rankings as of December 2015.[8] Malak passed through the early rounds, defeating Doris Patiño and Mayu Hamada before losing out in the semifinals to Eva Calvo of Spain. Malak then won the bronze medal after defeating Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the Repechage.[9]

She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the –67 kg category.[10] She lost in the quarter final to Lauren Williams of Great Britain. Hedaya then won the bronze medal after defeating Malia Paseka of Tonga followed by Paige McPherson of the United States in the Repechage[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hedaya Wahba . Rio2016.com . . 20 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826112501/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/hedaya-wahba . 26 August 2016 .
  2. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=wahba-hedaya-1085062/index.html Hedaya Wahba
  3. Web site: Looking for a Repeat . Egypt Today . 6 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724054403/http://www.egypttoday.com/news/display/article/artId%3A812/Looking-for-a-Repeat/secId%3A54 . 24 July 2012 .
  4. Web site: Rio 2016 – Taekwondo — Women's 57 kg: Egypt's Hedaya Wahba wins Bronze medal — beIN SPORTS. 2016-08-19.
  5. Web site: Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak claims Egypt's 1st medal in Tokyo. 2021-07-26.
  6. Web site: هداية ملاك.. أول لاعبة عربية تتأهل لأوليمبياد البرازيل بعد فوزها بذهبية المكسيك،موقع ولاد البلد 9 ديسمبر، 2015 . 2016-08-23 . 2017-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202114115/http://sports.weladelbalad.com/%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A/ . dead .
  7. Web site: Results — Taekwondo . Sydney Morning Herald . 6 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016234521/http://olympics-live.smh.com.au/cache/lib/SummerGames/2/TheASP.asp%40PageID%3D2110%26TaalCode%3D2%26SportID%3D210%26EventphaseID%3D519151%26CompetitionID%3D557%26Cache%3D2.html?37273 . 16 October 2014 .
  8. Web site: WTF Olympic Rankings: List of Qualified Athletes. World Taekwondo Federation. 15 January 2016.
  9. Web site: Rio 2016 – Taekwondo — Women's 57 kg: Egypt's Hedaya Wahba wins Bronze medal — beIN SPORTS. 2016-08-19.
  10. Web site: 2021-04-07. Olympic Dreams: Hedaya Malak focused on making more taekwondo history for Egypt at Tokyo 2020. 2021-06-19. The National. en.

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