This year’s Egyptian Paralympic delegation brought home seven medals and much pride to the country.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, the Egyptian delegation performed excellently, bringing home seven medals across various sports for the second championship in a row. This raises the total number of medals the country has scored since its first participation in 1972 to 191.
The athletes’ performance maintains Egypt’s spot as the second most successful country in Africa in the Paralympics, following South Africa. To celebrate our athletes’ success, we compiled a list of all the winners in the Paris 2024 Paralympics…
Rehab Ahmed
Gold - Women’s 55 KG Powerlifting Competition
Powerlifter Rehab Ahmed finally scored her first gold this year, after having secured two silver medals in her first two participations in the Paralympics in 2016 and 2020.
National Sitting Volleyball Team
Bronze - Sitting Volleyball
After beating the German team in the bronze medal match on Friday, September 6th, Egypt’s National Sitting Volleyball secured their third Paralympics’ bronze in sitting volleyball, after their 2004 and 2016 wins.
Fatma Mahrous
Silver - Women's Weightlifting Competition
Fatma Mahrous secured a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, setting a new Paralympic record in the women’s weightlifting category by lifting 139 kilograms.
Mohamed Sobhy
Silver - Men’s 88 KG Powerlifting Competition
Powerlifter Mohamed Sobhy lifted an impressive total of 224 kilograms and won Egypt its 5th medal at the championship.
Mohamed Elmenyawy
Gold - Men’s 59 KG Powerlifting Competition
In his first time participating in the Summer Paralympics, powerlifter Mohamed Elmenyawy headed straight for the gold in the men’s 59 kg powerlifting competition. The champion has previously finished in third place at the World Championships in 2023, and has been placed in eighth place in the 2021 World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Safaa Hassan
Bronze - Women’s 79 KG Powerlifting Competition
Safaa Hassan’s first participation in the Paralympics saw her score a bronze medal in the 79-kilogram powerlifting category.
Nadia Aly
Bronze - Women’s 86+ KG Powerlifting Competition
50-year-old powerlifter Nadia Aly made an impressive win at the women's above 86-kilogram powerlifting category. This is Aly's fifth time representing Egypt in the Summer Paralympics, having participated in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016 competitions. She has also scored medals in her first three appearances at the global championship.
