Mandy Mohamed (Arabic: ماندي محمد, born 23 February 2000) is a Dutch-Egyptian artistic gymnast currently representing Egypt in international competitions. She represented Egypt at the 2020 Olympic Games. She was a member of the team who won gold at the 2019 African Games and the 2016 African Championships.
| Mandy Mohamed ماندي محمد | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mandy Mohamed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 2000 Haarlem, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014–15 (NED) 2016–present (EGY) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SV Pax Haarlemmermeer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Patrick Kiens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Daymon Montaigne-Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Mohamed was born in Haarlem in 2000 to Egyptian parents.[1] She speaks Arabic, Dutch, and English and was inspired by Dutch-born Egyptian gymnast Sherine El-Zeiny.[2]
Junior gymnastics career edit
Mohamed was a member of the Dutch junior national team. She competed at the Dutch Championships and placed fifth in the all-around. Additionally, she placed fourth on floor exercise and sixth on uneven bars and balance beam.[3] In November, at the Dutch Team Championships, she helped her club finish third.[4]
In 2015 Mohamed competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge in Ghent, where she helped the Netherlands finish seventh.[5]
Senior gymnastics career edit
2016–17 edit
Mohamed turned senior in 2016 and decided to represent Egypt in international competitions. She made her senior debut at the Sidijk Tournament, finishing fourth in the all-around. She competed at the African Championships in Algiers, where she helped Egypt win gold in the team competition. Individually she won gold on floor exercise and placed fourth on the balance beam.[6] She next competed at the IAG SportEvent in 's-Hertogenbosch where she placed sixth in the all-around. At the Dutch National Championships, Mohamed placed sixteenth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise.[7] In October Mohamed competed at the Wase Gymcup where she finished second in the all-around behind Naomi Visser. At the Dutch Team Championships, Mohamed helped her club finish first.[8] Mohamed ended the season competing at the Turnkunst International in Hamburg where she helped her team finish third and individually she finished fourth in the all-around.[9]
In 2017 Mohamed competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge, where she helped her team finish fifth.[10] At the Dutch Championships that year Mohamed only competed on balance beam and floor exercise.
2018 edit
Mohamed competed at the Mediterranean Games alongside Sherine El-Zeiny, Farah Hussein, Farah Salem, and Nancy Taman. They finished fourth as a team. Individually Mohamed qualified to the floor exercise final, where she finished fifth.[11] She next competed at the Paris Challenge Cup where she placed eighth on floor exercise. At the Leverkusen Cup, Mohamed finished first in the all-around and helped her team finish fourth.
Mohamed was selected to represent Egypt at the 2018 World Championships alongside Farah Hussein, Farah Salem, and Nancy Taman. During qualifications, they finished twenty-fifth as a team, which was Egypt's highest team placement in World Championship history.[12]
2019 edit
Mohamed competed at the African Games along with teammates Farah Hussein, Farah Salem, Zeina Ibrahim, and Nancy Taman. They won gold in the team competition. Individually Mohamed had the third-highest all-around score but did not medal due to teammates Hussein and Salem scoring higher. However, she won gold on the floor exercise and silver on the balance beam behind Hussein.[13] At the World Championships Mohamed finished 60th in the all-around qualification. Although she didn't qualify to the final, she qualified as an individual to the 2020 Olympic Games.[1][14]
2021 edit
In June, Mohamed competed at the Cairo World Challenge Cup where she won the bronze medal on floor exercise behind Zója Székely and Diana Varinska and she finished fifth on the uneven bars.[15] At the Olympic Games Mohamed finished 67th during qualifications.
Competitive history edit
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2014 | Dutch Championships | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||
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| 2015 | FIT Challenge | 7 | |||||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2016 | Sidijk Tournament | 4 | |||||
| African Championships |  |
4 |
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| IAG SportEvent | 6 | ||||||
| Dutch Championships | 16 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |||
| Wase Gymcup |  |
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| Turnkunst International | |
4 | |||||
| 2017 | FIT Challenge | 5 | |||||
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Paris Challenge Cup | 8 | ||||||
| Leverkusen Cup | 4 | |
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| World Championships | 25 | 63 | |||||
| Dutch Team Championships | |
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| 2019 | |||||||
| African Games | |
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| Paris Challenge Cup | R3 | ||||||
| World Championships | 24 | 60 | |||||
| 2021 | Cairo Challenge Cup | 5 |
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| Olympic Games | 67 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Egypt's Mohamed: 'I Hope To Be At My Very Best In Tokyo'". International Gymnast. 28 November 2020.
- ^ "MOHAMED Mandy". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "2014 Dutch Championships Results". The Gymternet. 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Turnz Amsterdam Wins Dutch Team Championship". The Gymternet. 24 November 2014.
- ^ "2015 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. 30 May 2015.
- ^ "2016 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. 31 March 2016.
- ^ "2016 Dutch Championships Results". The Gymternet. 25 June 2016.
- ^ "2016 Dutch Team Championships". The Gymternet. 20 November 2016.
- ^ "2016 Turnkunst International Results". The Gymternet. 30 November 2016.
- ^ "2017 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Gymnastics - Mediterranean Games - Artistic Gymnastics - 2018". TheSports.org.
- ^ "The Record Breakers in Doha". The Gymternet. 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". Inside the Games. 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Turnsters behalen teamticket voor Tokyo". GymPower (in Dutch). 19 October 2019.
- ^ "2021 Cairo Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 9 June 2021.