Nour Abdelsalam

Nour Abdelsalam
Personal information
Born	29 March 1993 (age 31)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Taekwondo
Weight class	49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Egypt
African Championships
African Games
Mediterranean Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
Military World Games

Nour Abdelsalam (born 29 March 1993) is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She is a gold medalist in the women's 49 kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games, the African Games and several editions of the African Taekwondo Championships. She also represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Career edit

Abdelsalam competed in the girls' 49 kg event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. She was eliminated in her first match by Melanie Phan who went on to win one of the bronze medals. The following year, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan where she was eliminated in her second match by Carolena Carstens of Panama. In 2013, she won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey. In the same year, at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event.^[2]

In 2018, Abdelsalam won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the African Taekwondo Championships in Agadir, Morocco.^[3]

Abdelsalam represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the 49 kg event.^[4] She also represented Egypt at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China and she won the silver medal in the 49 kg event.^[5]

At the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Rabat, Morocco, she qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[6]

At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49 kg event.^[7] A few months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Rukiye Yıldırım of Turkey.^[8]

Achievements edit

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2013	Mediterranean Games	2nd	49 kg
2013	Islamic Solidarity Games	1st	49 kg
2014	African Championships	1st	49 kg
2015	African Games	1st	49 kg
2016	African Championships	1st	49 kg
2018	African Championships	1st	49 kg
2019	African Games	2nd	49 kg
2019	Military World Games	2nd	49 kg
2021	African Championships	3rd	49 kg

References edit

^ "ABDELSALAM Nour". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Women's 49 kg". 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ Palmer, Dan (29 March 2018). "Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Results book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

External links edit

[Toyko2020-1] "ABDELSALAM Nour". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[women_49kg_taekwondo_islamic_solidarity_games_2013-2] "Women's 49 kg". 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[cisse_suffers_defeat_african_taekwondo_championships_2018-3] Palmer, Dan (29 March 2018). "Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[taekwondo_day_1_results_african_games_2019-4] "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[results_book_military_world_games_2019-5] "Results book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[day_1_results_african_taekwondo_qualification_tournament_2020-6] "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[medalists_day_one_african_taekwondo_championships_2021-7] "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[taekwondo_results_book_summer_olympics_2020-8] "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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