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Malak Hamza
Birth Date:5 November 2001
Birth Place:Giza, Egypt
Residence:Cairo, Egypt
Discipline:TRA
Club:Gezira Sporting Club
Headcoach:Seif Asser Sherif, Sergei Marchenko
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Malak Hamza (born 5 November 2001)[1] is an Egyptian trampoline gymnast. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics and has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Hamza was born in Giza in 2001. She started as an artistic gymnast at age four, but when she was 13, she switched to trampoline.[2]

Career

Hamza placed 68th as an individual and 14th in the synchro event with Mariam Elbeialy at the 2017 World Age Group Competition in the 15-16 age division.[3] [4] She then won the synchro title with partner Khadiga Aly at the 2018 African Championships and also won the silver medal in the individual event.[5] At the 2018 World Age Group Competition, she finished 49th in the individual competition and 19th with Elbeialy in the 17-21 age division.[6] [7]

Hamza finished 54th individually at the 2019 Valladolid World Cup.[8] At the 2019 World Championships, she finished 62nd out of the 79 competitors in the individual event.[2]

Hamza won the individual title at the 2021 African Championships and earned the continental berth for the Olympic Games.[9] At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, she placed ninth in the qualification round and was the first reserve for the final.[10]

Hamza competed at the 2022 World Championships where she finished 58th as an individual.[11] She placed 19th at the 2023 Baku World Cup.[12] She then finished 62nd at the 2023 Coimbra World Cup.[13]

At the 2024 African Championships, Hamza won the individual title and earned the continental berth for the Olympic Games.[14]

Personal life

Hamza graduated from Nile University with a business degree.[15] She speaks Arabic and English.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malak Hamza. Tokyo 2020. International Olympic Committee. 6 August 2021. 31 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731193136/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/trampoline-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1319775-hamza-malak.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: From Africa to Asia: Trampoline is bouncing all around the planet . . 28 May 2024 . 29 November 2019.
  3. Web site: 25th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 16-19 November, 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, Arena Armeec Individual trampoline — 15-16 Girls — Qualification . . . 28 May 2024 . 32 . 15 November 2017.
  4. Web site: 25th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 16-19 November, 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, Arena Armeec Synchronised trampoline — 15-16 Girls — Qualification . . . 28 May 2024 . 14 . 17 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Hamza Malak - FIG Athlete Profile . . 28 May 2024.
  6. Web site: 26th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 15-18 November, St.Petersburg, Russia Individual trampoline — IND Women 17-21 — Qualification . . . 28 May 2024 . 20 . 18 November 2018.
  7. Web site: 26th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions 15-18 November, St.Petersburg, Russia Synchronised trampoline — SYN Women 17-21 — Qualification . . . 28 May 2024 . 14 . 14 November 2018.
  8. Web site: 2019 Valladolid World Cup Results Book . . . 28 May 2024 . 24.
  9. Web site: Next-generation Gymnastics stars took Trampoline to new heights in 2021 . . 28 May 2024 . 27 December 2021.
  10. Web site: Trampoline Gymnastics Results Book Results Book Tokyo 2020 . . 15 December 2021 . 17 . 31 July 2021.
  11. Web site: 36th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 16-19 November 2022 Women's Trampoline Qualifications . . . 28 May 2024 . 8 . 16 November 2022.
  12. Web site: FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy Trampoline Gymnastics Qualification 1 TRA - Women's Individual . . . 28 May 2024 . 2 . 18 February 2023.
  13. Web site: FIG Trampoline World Cup - Coimbra 2023 4th Edition Individual trampoline —Female —Qualification . . . 28 May 2024 . 8.
  14. 28 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . C66TY4doZk8 . uag_african_union . Malak Hamza secures her spot at the Olympic Games for the second time in a row, dominating the Trampoline African Championship and claiming 1st place. . African Gymnastics Union.
  15. 28 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . C65eC0PNue6 . nileuniversity.eg . We extend our heartfelt congratulations to our exceptional Business alumna, Malak Hamza, for earning her place in the Paris Olympics 2024 . Nile University.

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