Jana Mahmoud Explained

Jana Mahmoud
جنى محمود
Full Name:Jana Hani Ismail Mahmoud
Birth Date:2004 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Giza, Egypt
Discipline:WAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Natlteam:2018–present (EGY)
Club:Egyptian Shooting Club
Headcoach:Mahmoud Sayed, Salma Al-Saeed
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Jana Hani Ismail Mahmoud (Arabic: جنى محمود; born 17 August 2004) is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. She won the all-around title at the 2024 African Championships and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. She is a two-time African champion on the floor exercise (2022, 2024) and is the 2022 African vault champion. She helped the Egyptian team win the team titles at the 2022 and 2024 African Championships. She represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Mahmoud was born in Giza in 2004.[1] Her older brother Seifaldeen Ismael has represented Egypt internationally in parkour and trampoline gymnastics, including at the 2022 Parkour World Championships.[2]

Junior gymnastics career

Mahmoud finished 11th in the all-around at the 2017 Egyptian Championships.[3]

2018

Mahmoud competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where she finished eighth in the all-around and won a silver medal on the balance beam and a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[4] She next competed at the 2018 African Championships where she helped Egypt place first as a team in the junior division. Individually, she placed first in the all-around and second on uneven bars and balance beam.[5]

2019

Mahmoud began the season at the Asian Junior Cup and won the gold medals in the all-around, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. She was selected to compete at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Jana Aboelhasan and Salma Melige. They finished 24th as a team,[6] and Mahmoud finished 51st in the all-around.[7] Then at the Mediterranean Championships, she placed fourth in the all-around and on the balance beam, and she won the gold medal on the floor exercise.[8] She finished the year competing at the Voronin Cup and won a silver medal in the all-around. In the event finals, she won another silver medal on the floor exercise, and she placed fifth on the uneven bars and eighth on the vault and balance beam.[9]

Senior gymnastics career

Mahmoud became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2020 but did not compete until 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

Mahmoud made her senior debut at the African Championships where she recorded the third-highest all-around score but did not place due to teammates Zeina Ibrahim and Farah Hussein scoring higher.[10] She next competed at the Doha World Cup where she placed seventh on the uneven bars and sixth on the floor exercise.[11] She could not compete at the World Championships due to an injury.[1]

2022

Mahmoud was selected to compete at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. She helped Egypt place sixth as a team,[12] and individually, she placed sixth in the all-around. She also finished sixth in the vault event final.[13] She next competed at the African Championships where she helped Egypt place first as a team and qualify to the upcoming World Championships. Individually, she placed first on vault and floor exercise.[14] She was injured during the warmups at the World Championships,[1] and the Egyptian team finished 22nd in the qualification round.[15]

2023

Mahmoud began the season at the Doha World Cup and finished eighth on the uneven bars.[16] She competed with the Egyptian team that won a silver medal at the African Championships.[17] She then won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the Pharaoh’s Cup.[18] Although Egypt did not qualify as a team for the World Championships, Mahmoud qualified to compete on the uneven bars through her World Cup series results.[19] She scored 11.533 and placed 115th in the qualification round.[20]

2024

Mahmoud finished eighth on the floor exercise at the Cairo World Cup.[21] She then finished fourth on the floor exercise at the Doha World Cup.[22] At the African Championships, she won the all-around title and secured qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. Additionally, she won gold medals with the Egyptian team and on floor exercise.[23] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she finished 79th on uneven bars, 72nd on balance beam, and 58th on floor exercise in qualifications, so didn’t advance to any event finals. She did not contest the vault.

Competitive history

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Junior
2017 align=left Egyptian Championships 11
2018 align=left Stella Zakharova Cup 6 8
align=left 4
2019
align=left 24 51
align=left Mediterranean Championships 4 4 4
align=left 8 5 8
Senior
2021 align=left 7 6
2022 align=left 6 6 6
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align=left 22
2023 align=left 8
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Pharaoh’s Cup
align=left 115
2024 align=left 8
align=left 4
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align=left RomGym Trophy 7 4
align=left Olympic Games 58
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mahmoud Jana - FIG Athlete Profile. International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. Web site: Ismael Seifeldeen - FIG Athlete Profile . . 12 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2017 Egyptian Championships Results . The Gymternet . 12 May 2024 . 10 March 2017.
  4. Web site: 2018 Stella Zakharova Cup Results. The Gymternet. 2 April 2018. Hopkins. Lauren. 12 May 2024.
  5. Web site: 2018 African Championships Results. The Gymternet. 17 May 2018. Hopkins. Lauren. 12 May 2024.
  6. Web site: 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Women's Team Final Ranking . . . 12 May 2024 . 4 . 28 June 2019.
  7. Web site: 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Women's All-Around Final Ranking . . . 12 May 2024 . 3 . 28 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2019 Mediterranean Championships Results . The Gymternet . 12 May 2024 . 1 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2019 Voronin Cup Results . The Gymternet . 12 May 2024 . 2 December 2019.
  10. Web site: زينة إبراهيم لاعبة الجمباز تتأهل لأولمبياد طوكيو. Zaina Ibrahim, gymnast, qualifies for the Tokyo Olympics. ar. 26 May 2021. Al-Shorouk. 12 May 2024.
  11. Web site: Apparatus Olympic Qualifications Conclude In Doha, Qatar . . 12 May 2024 . 26 June 2021.
  12. Web site: Crumlish . John . Egyptian gymnasts making modern history as they target Paris 2024 . . 12 May 2024 . 28 June 2022.
  13. Web site: Crumlish . John . Italian women, Turkish men dominate Mediterranean Games . . 12 May 2024 . 3 July 2022.
  14. Web site: Crumlish. John. Rooskrantz, Afify win senior all-around gold as Egypt sweeps team titles at African Championships. 12 May 2024. 12 July 2022. International Gymnast Magazine.
  15. Web site: 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Women's Team Qualification . . . 12 May 2024 . 6 . 29 October 2022.
  16. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2023 Doha World Cup Results . The Gymternet . 12 May 2024 . 5 March 2023.
  17. Web site: South Africa Takes Team Title at 17th African Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Gymnastics South Africa. 26 May 2023. 12 May 2024.
  18. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2023 Pharaoh's Cup Results . The Gymternet . 12 May 2024 . 23 August 2023.
  19. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . The 2023 World Championships WAG Team Master List . The Gymternet . 12 May 2024 . 23 September 2023.
  20. Web site: 52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September - 8 October 2023 Women's Uneven Bars Qualification . . . 12 May 2024 . 5 . 1 October 2023.
  21. Web site: FIG Apparatus World Cup Cairo, Egypt 15-18 February 2024 WAG Finals Floor Exercise . . 12 May 2024 . 18 February 2024.
  22. Web site: 16th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup Doha, Qatar Women Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final . Italian Gymnastics Federation . . 12 May 2024 . 20 April 2024.
  23. Web site: Bregman . Scott . Jana Mahmoud, Omar Mohamed Earn Paris Quotas at African Championships . . . 12 May 2024 . 10 May 2024.
  24. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . Jana Mahmoud . The Gymternet . 22 October 2020 . 12 May 2024.