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Egypt at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Egypt at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.[1] Egypt made their debut at the Paralympic Games in 1972. Since their debut Egypt have won 165 medals (46 gold, 59 silver, 60 bronze). Egypt's most successful appearance at the Paralympic Games was in Atlanta in 1980, winning 30 medals.

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Background

55 of the Egyptian 2012 Summer Paralympic team, including volleyball and table tennis athletes, trained in venues across Lincolnshire, including Boston, Louth and the city of Lincoln.[2][3]

Karem Elngar was quoted by the BBC as saying of the 2012 Paralympics, "In Egypt there is a negative attitude to disabled people. The Olympics has not helped to discredit this perception."[4]

The delegation stayed at Egremont House and Festive Mansions in the Paralympic Village.[5]

Medals

Egypt left London with 15 medals, 4 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze. This was an improvement of 3 more bronze medals than they won in Beijing.[6][7]

Athletics

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Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Sherif Othman won gold in powerlifting for Egypt, repeating his winning performance at the 2008 Games.[8] Fatma Omar competed at and became a four-time Paralympic gold medalist in London.[6] Metwalli Mathana appeared in his fifth Paralympic Games.[6] Egypt finished the London Games with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.[9] Following the London Games, Egypt's all time medal total in the sport was 59, including 19 golds.[10]

Historically, Egyptian powerlifters have faced a number of barriers despite their obvious success at the Paralympic Games. They have lacked financial support. Because of the low numbers of practitioners, there is a lack of awareness among parents of children with disabilities about the potential to get involved with powerlifting. These low numbers of practitioners also make the sport cost more, which further reduces participation numbers. The materials provided by the Egyptian Paralympic Committee, and for Disabled Sport Powerlifting Federation are also sometimes wanting in quality, and the cost of distributing them means they are sometimes hard to come by. It is also hard for Egyptians to go abroad, and to bring foreign lifers to Egypt to assist Egyptians in training.[9]

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Sitting volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[11]

Head coach: Mansour El Mohamdy

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Group play
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Source: [citation needed]
30 August 2012
19:00		 Egypt  3–0  Morocco ExCeL London, London
Referees: Xin Xia (CHN), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI)
(25–10, 25–12, 25–22)
Report
31 August 2012
21:00		 Great Britain  0–3  Egypt ExCeL London, London
Referees: Joe Campbell (GBR), Dariusz Jasinski (POL)
(15–25, 17–25, 22–25)
Report
2 September 2012
21:00		 Egypt  2–3  Russia ExCeL London, London
Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA)
(25–22, 25–19, 18–25, 21–25, 11–15)
Report
4 September 2012
9:00		 Egypt  1–3  Germany ExCeL London, London
Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Dominik Raca (CRO)
(16–25, 22–25, 25–23, 24–26)
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Quarter-final
5 September 2012
14:00		 Egypt  0–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina ExCeL London, London
Referees: Joe Campbell (USA), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA)
(17–25, 16–25, 22–25)
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5th–8th place semi-final
6 September 2012
14:00		 China  2–3  Egypt ExCeL London, London
Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
(25–16, 23–25, 23–25, 25–17, 11–15)
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5th–6th place match
8 September 2012
14:00		 Egypt  2–3  Brazil ExCeL London, London
Referees: Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Benno Meijer (NED)
(14–25, 25–15, 21–25, 25–15, 13–15)
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Table tennis

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References

  1. [1]
    "Egypt - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Egyptian Paralympians train in Lincoln". The Lincolnite. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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    "In pictures: Lincoln greets Egyptian Paralympians". The Lincolnite. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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    "Paralympics 2012: Views from around the world". BBC News. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
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    "Olympics/Paralympics, who stayed where?" (PDF). Get Living London. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-28.
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    "On to the Paralympics". Al-Ahram Weekly. No. 1311. September 8, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
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    Administrator. "Results". egyptparalympic.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
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    "Egypt". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  9. [9]
    "DISABLED SPORTS POWERLIFTING CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE VISION IN EGYPT". Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  10. [10]
    "Road to Rio: Powerlifting, 16 facts". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  11. [11]
    Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
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