Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali (born 10 June 1975) is an Egyptian former racewalker.[1] She is the Egyptian record holder in the 20 kilometres walk with her time of 1:41:08 hours from 2002.[2] She is a three-time African champion and represented Egypt at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup on four occasions.[3]
Ali was among the foremost female walkers in Africa and among Arab countries during her career. She won three gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics, winning in 1998, 2002 and 2006. She was also runner-up in 1996 and 2000, finishing behind Algeria's Dounia Kara then Bahia Boussad.[4] At the All-Africa Games she was twice a silver medallist, taking second place in the 5000 metres walk behind Kara in 1995, then finishing behind South Africa's Susan Vermeulen in the 10 kilometres walk in 1999.[5]
In Arab regional competition, she was a gold medallist at the 1998 Arab Athletics Championships and at the 1999 Pan Arab Games. As at African-level, she was runner-up twice to Kara at the Arab Championships (1993 and 1995).[6] [7] The last medals of her international career came in 2007, when she placed second behind Tunisia's Chaima Trabelsi at both the 2007 Arab Athletics Championships and the Pan Arab Games.[8] [9]
As a junior, she represented Egypt at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was the champion at the 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships and runner-up at the 1994 African Junior Athletics Championships.[10] [11]
| 1993 | Arab Championships | Latakia, Syria | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10,000 m walk | 58:53.18 |
| 1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m walk | 24:28.03 |
| World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 25th | 5000 m walk | 24:53.02 | ||
| Arab Junior Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m walk | 25:54.76 | |
| 1995 | Arab Championships | Cairo, Egypt | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10,000 m walk | 52:23.8 |
| All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m walk | 24:25.3 | |
| 1996 | African Championships | Yaoundé, Cameroon | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m walk | 24:05.40 |
| 1997 | World Race Walking Cup | Poděbrady, Czech Republic | 90th | 10 km walk | 49:51 | |
| 1998 | Arab Championships | Ta'if, Saudi Arabia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 20 km walk | 52:19 |
| African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5000 m walk | 24:28.42 | |
| 1999 | World Race Walking Cup | Mézidon-Canon, France | 99th | 20 km walk | 1:52:46 | |
| All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10 km walk | 50:19 | |
| Pan Arab Games | Irbid, Jordan | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10 km walk | 51:06 | |
| 2000 | African Championships | Algiers, Algeria | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10 km walk | 50:15 |
| 2001 | Francophonie Games | Ottawa, Canada | 4th | 10,000 m walk | 47:27 | |
| Mediterranean Games | Radès, Tunisia | 7th | 20 km walk | 1:45:54 | ||
| 2002 | World Race Walking Cup | Turin, Italy | 51st | 20 km walk | 1:41:08 | |
| African Championships | Radès, Tunisia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10 km walk | 49:26 | |
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 64th | 20 km walk | 1:46:42 | |
| African Championships | Bambous, Mauritius | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:43:22 | |
| 2007 | Arab Championships | Amman, Jordan | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10 km walk | 51:16.6 |
| Pan Arab Games | Cairo, Egypt | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10,000 m walk | 55:14.6 |