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| Full name | Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Egyptian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1992 (age 33) Alexandria, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud (Egyptian Arabic: عَبِير عَبْد الرَّحْمٰن خَلِيل مَحْمُود; born 13 June 1992) is an Egyptian weightlifter. She was born in Alexandria, Egypt.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Abeer Abdelrahman met Captain Mohamed Sultan, a fellow weightlifting coach, whom she married in 2011. Today she is the mother of Saif and Nour.[2]
Career
[edit]She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the -69 kg and -75 kg weight categories, respectively, and finished in fifth place at both Games.[3] In 2016, Abdelrahman retroactively became the first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal when the original gold, silver, and bronze medal winners from the 2012 Olympics were disqualified due to doping.[4] Abdelrahman is now the silver medal winner for the 75 kg event in the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming second to Spain's Lidia Velentin.[5] The first Egyptian woman to receive her Olympic medal on the podium was Sara Ahmed for her bronze medal performance in the women's 69 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8][9]
Abeer stated during an interview.
"I am happy with my Beijing performance even more than London's because I was too young at the time, just 16 years old".
— ahramonline, Egypt's weightlifter Abeer AbdelRahman 'thrilled' as second Olympic medal nears
Achievements
[edit]Abeer Abdelrahman is the first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal and has two medals to her name.[10] Also, she won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship in Goyang.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Olimpics | Beijing | 3rd | weightlifting | Bronze |
| 2008 | World Championship | Goyang | 3rd | weightlifting | Bronze |
| 2012 | Olympics | London | 2nd | weightlifting | Silver |
Retirement
[edit]In 2013, Abeer Abdelrahman announced her retirement from competitive weightlifting due to a combination of injury and family commitments. During the 2013 Mediterranean Games, she won a silver medal despite competing while injured, but the tournament took a toll on her physically, as she sustained serious knee injuries, including a torn cruciate ligament and cartilage damage.[11] Although she briefly returned to training alongside her husband in an attempt to prepare for upcoming World and Mediterranean Championships, her plans were put on hold when she became pregnant with their first daughter, contributing to her permanent retirement.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abir Abdulrahman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
Full name: Abir Abdulrahman Khalil Mahmoud Khalil, Original name: عبير عبدالرحمن خليل محمود خليل
- ^ سامي, منى (11 July 2024). "حكاية بطل .. عبير عبد الرحمن أول مصرية تحقق ميداليتين أولمبيتين في التاريخ". تتويج نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "Khalil Mahmoud K Abir Abdelrahman". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Egypt Gets its First-Ever Woman Olympic Medal Winner". Egyptian Streets. 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "ABIR ABDELRAHMAN Khalil Mahmoud Khalil EGY". International Weightlifting Federation. 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Weightlifting - Ahmed earns landmark podium for Egypt". Channel NewsAsia. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Sims, Alexandra (12 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Egypt's Sara Ahmed becomes first Arab woman to win Olympic weightlifting medal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Isaac, Sina (7 November 2017). "Egypt's Abeer Abdelrahman receives silver medal from 2012 Olympics". KingFut. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "Egypt's weightlifter Abeer AbdelRahman 'thrilled' as second Olympic medal nears - Omni sports - Sports". Ahram Online. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "Khalil Mahmoud K ABIR ABDELRAHMAN". Olympics.
- ^ "قصة ميدالية أولمبية.. القدر يكافئ عبير عبد الرحمن بميداليتي لندن وبكين". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "عبير عبدالرحمن" (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 July 2025.
External links
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Media related to Abeer Abdelrahman at Wikimedia Commons
- Khalil Mahmoud Khalil ABIR ABDELRAHMAN at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Khalil Mahmoud K ABIR ABDELRAHMAN at Olympics.com
- Abir Abdulrahman at Olympedia
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