AHMED Samaa

Date of Birth: 22 Jul 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Single 200m	32
	Women's Kayak Single 500m	40

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 200m Heat 2 #2	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 200m Quarterfinal 1 #17	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Heat 4 #56	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Quarterfinal 1 #68	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	40	41

African Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 200m	K4 500m
2019	Sale, MAR	3	3	3	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 500m
2020	1 x 27th	1 x 31st	1 x 19th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
19	2020	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	2:25.74
27	2020	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	50.84
31	2020	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	2:35.27

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Champ (Facebook profile, 17 Dec 2019)

Shopping, swimming. (Athlete, 18 Dec 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Language Studies - Cairo University, Cairo, EGY

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

Masry Club [Egypt]

Ahmed Kamel [national], EGY; Amr Abdelhamid [national], EGY; Elsayed Elbedwehy [national], EGY; Amr Elafandy [personal]

Other sports:

She has competed in swimming at national level in Egypt. (ONSport 2, 13 Oct 2019)

2012 for Egypt, in Alexandria, Egypt (Athlete, 18 Dec 2019)

She began paddling at age 14 in Cairo, Egypt. (ONSport 2, 13 Oct 2019)

"It wasn't planned. My brother used to practise the sport and his coach saw me and asked if I would be interested. I realised it is a really fun sport and training in the Nile river is more than amazing." (ONSport 2, 13 Oct 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (CGTN Africa YouTube channel, 10 Aug 2020)

New Zealand sprint paddler Lisa Carrington, Egyptian sprint paddler Mostafa Mansour. (Athlete, 18 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
EDUCATION
She studies Turkish language at Cairo University in Egypt. She took a break from her studies to focus on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and an extra year was added to her course after the Games were postponed to 2021. (CGTN Africa YouTube channel, 10 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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