Radwa Sayed Explained

Radwa Sayed
Birth Date:30 May 1997[1]
Country:Egypt
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:50 kg
Event:Kumite

Radwa Sayed is an Egyptian karateka. She is a bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time medalist at the African Games. In 2021, she represented Egypt in the women's 55 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career

In 2016, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.[3]

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.[4] She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[5] She also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

In 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via continental representation soon after.[7] She competed in the women's 55 kg event where she did not advance to compete in the semifinals.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo3rdKumite 50 kg
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria3rdKumite 50 kg
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco2ndKumite 50 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karate SAYED Radwa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
  2. Web site: Karate Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf. 10 August 2021. 10 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  3. Web site: 2016 World Karate Championships Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200831202740/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/74/Results.pdf. 31 August 2020. 23 June 2021. Sportdata.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  7. News: 15 June 2021. Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021.