Menna Shaaban Okila Explained

Menna Shaaban Okila
Birth Date:2000 5, df=yes
Country:Egypt
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:+68 kg

Menna Shaaban Okila (born 25 May 2000)[1] is an Egyptian karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2] [3] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[3] [4]

Career

Okila won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.[5] She represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite +68kg event.[6] [7]

In October 2021, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus.[8] [9] In December 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 African Karate Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[10] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[10]

Okila competed in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[11] She lost her first match against eventual silver medalist Milena Jovanović of Montenegro and she was then eliminated in the repechage by María Torres of Spain.[11]

Okila competed in the women's kumite +68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[12] She lost each of her matches in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals.[12] In 2023, Okila won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13] She defeated Chehinez Jemi of Tunisia in her bronze medal match.[13]

In 2024, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[14]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2019African Karate ChampionshipsGaborone, Botswana3rdKumite +68kg
African GamesRabat, Morocco2ndKumite +68kg
2020African Karate ChampionshipsTangier, Morocco3rdTeam kumite
2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates2ndKumite +68kg
1stTeam kumite
African Karate ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt3rdKumite +68kg
1stTeam kumite
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdKumite +68kg
2024African GamesAccra, Ghana1stKumite +68kg
1stTeam kumite

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626215051/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/2022-06-25/KTE-------------------------------__C32A_1.0.pdf . 26 June 2022 . 26 June 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  2. News: Morgan. Liam. 20 November 2021. Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 November 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
  4. News: Morgan. Liam. 21 November 2021. Egypt dethrone France as Japan sweep kata titles at Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 November 2021.
  5. Web site: 2019 African Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20200301125131/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/284/Result_Book_UFAK_2019.pdf . 1 March 2020 . 22 August 2022 . sportdata.org.
  6. Web site: Karate Results . 2019 African Games . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200426201444/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/306/ResultBook_306_20190826_201158-min.pdf . 26 April 2020 . 26 April 2020.
  7. News: Etchells. Daniel. 28 August 2019. Morocco confirm status as major karate powerhouse at African Games. InsideTheGames.biz. 16 November 2021.
  8. News: 25 October 2021. Olympians dominate Mediterranean Championships. World Karate Federation. 16 November 2021.
  9. Web site: 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116112906/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf. 16 November 2021. 16 November 2021. Sportdata.
  10. Web site: 2021 African Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220102015845/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/479/ResultBook%20UFAK%20Cairo%202021.pdf . 2 January 2022 . 22 August 2022 . sportdata.org.
  11. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 5 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  12. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  13. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.
  14. News: 8 March 2024 . World Champion Youssef Badawy Lead Way to Gold on Opening Day of Karate at African Games in Accra . 9 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240309201118/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/world-champion-youssef-badawy-lead-way-to-gold-on-opening-day-of-karate-at-african-games-in-accra/2501 . 12 March 2024 . World Karate Federation.

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