Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. 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.
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.
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."
The delegation stayed at Egremont House and Festive Mansions in the Paralympic Village.
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.
Athletics
Men's track AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankMostafa Fathalla Mohamed100m T12DNSdid not advance200m T1224.584did not advance
Men's field AthleteEventsMarkPointsRankIbrahim Ahmed AbdelwarethShot put F37-3815.53-Discus throw F37-3842.949508Metawa AbouelkhirDiscus throw F57-5854.19944Ibrahim IbrahimDiscus throw F54-5635.328349Javelin throw F54-5634.31-6Mohamed Mohamed RamadanDiscus throw F37-3851.929965Raed SalemJavelin throw F57-5847.90991
Powerlifting Sherif Othman won gold in powerlifting for Egypt, repeating his winning performance at the 2008 Games. Fatma Omar competed at and became a four-time Paralympic gold medalist in London. Metwalli Mathana appeared in his fifth Paralympic Games. Egypt finished the London Games with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Following the London Games, Egypt's all time medal total in the sport was 59, including 19 golds.
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. Men AthleteEventResultRankHany Abdelhady-90kg241.0Taha Abdelmagid-48kg165.0Mohamed Eldib-100kg249.0Mohamed Elelfat-75kg219.0Shaaban Ibrahim-67.5kg202.0Metwaly Mathana-82.5kg227.0Sherif Othman-56kg197.0Mohamed Sabet+100kg225.06
Women AthleteEventResultRankGihan Abdelaziz-52kg107.04Heba Ahmed+82.5kg140.0Amany Ali-75kg122.04Amal Mahmoud-60kg118.0Randa Mahmoud-82.5kg140.0Fatma Omar-56kg142.0 Zeinab Oteify-44kg95.04
Sitting volleyball
Men's tournament Roster
Group play
Quarter-final
5th–8th place semi-final
5th–6th place match
Table tennis
Men's singles AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdelrahman AbdelwahabSingles class 10W 3–2L 0–33did not advanceEhab FetirSingles class 5L 1–3L 2–33align="center" did not advanceSameh SalehSingles class 4W 3–1W 3–21W 3–0L 1–3W 3–1Sayed YoussefSingles class 7W 3–1L 0–32did not advance
Women's singles AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalsOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFadia AhmedSingles class 4L 0–3L 0–33did not advanceAngham MaghrabySingles class 10L 0–3L 0–33did not advanceEman MahmoudSingles class 8L 0–3L 1–33did not advanceFaiza MahmoudSingles class 7L 1–3L 1–33did not advance
Teams AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdelrahman AbdelwahabSayed YoussefMen's team class 9-10L 2–3did not advanceEhab FetirSameh SalehMen's team class 4-5align="center" L 1–3did not advanceAngham MaghrabyFaiza MahmoudWomen's team class 6-10L 1–3did not advance
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