Noha Yossry Explained

Noha Yossry (Arabic: نهى يسري; born 7 February 1992 in Cairo) is an Egyptian table tennis player.^[1] She won a silver medal, as a member of the Egyptian table tennis team, at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. As of March 2013, Yossry is ranked no. 669 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).^[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.^[3] She was also mentioned on The Big Bang Theory TV show season 12 episode 2.

Yossry qualified for the women's singles tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 6 seeded players from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.^[4] ^[5] ^[6] She lost the preliminary round match to Ukraine's Tetyana Sorochinskaya, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.^[7]

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Noha Yossry. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053201/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/noha-yossry-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 2 March 2013.
Web site: ITTF World Ranking – Noha Yossry. ITTF. 2 March 2013.
Web site: ITTF World Player Profile – Noha Yossry. ITTF. 2 March 2013.
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News: Marshall. Ian. African Olympic Games Qualifiers Named. ITTF. 22 July 2007. 25 February 2013.
News: African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled. Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. 2 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095915/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/22/content_6414039.htm. 4 March 2016.
Web site: Women's Singles Preliminary Round. NBC Olympics. 2 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821042940/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc=TTW001910/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.