Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali (born 10 June 1975) is an Egyptian former racewalker.[1] She is the Egyptian record holder in the 20 kilometres walk with her time of 1:41:08 hours from 2002.[2] She is a three-time African champion and represented Egypt at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup on four occasions.[3]

Ali was among the foremost female walkers in Africa and among Arab countries during her career. She won three gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics, winning in 1998, 2002 and 2006. She was also runner-up in 1996 and 2000, finishing behind Algeria's Dounia Kara then Bahia Boussad.[4] At the All-Africa Games she was twice a silver medallist, taking second place in the 5000 metres walk behind Kara in 1995, then finishing behind South Africa's Susan Vermeulen in the 10 kilometres walk in 1999.[5]

In Arab regional competition, she was a gold medallist at the 1998 Arab Athletics Championships and at the 1999 Pan Arab Games. As at African-level, she was runner-up twice to Kara at the Arab Championships (1993 and 1995).[6][7] The last medals of her international career came in 2007, when she placed second behind Tunisia's Chaima Trabelsi at both the 2007 Arab Athletics Championships and the Pan Arab Games.[8][9]

As a junior, she represented Egypt at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was the champion at the 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships and runner-up at the 1994 African Junior Athletics Championships.[10][11]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1993 Arab Championships Latakia, Syria 2nd 10,000 m walk 58:53.18
1994 African Junior Championships Algiers, Algeria 2nd 5000 m walk 24:28.03
World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 25th 5000 m walk 24:53.02
Arab Junior Championships Tunis, Tunisia 1st 5000 m walk 25:54.76 CR
1995 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd 10,000 m walk 52:23.8
All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 2nd 5000 m walk 24:25.3
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 2nd 5000 m walk 24:05.40
1997 World Race Walking Cup Poděbrady, Czech Republic 90th 10 km walk 49:51
1998 Arab Championships Ta'if, Saudi Arabia 1st 20 km walk 52:19
African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st 5000 m walk 24:28.42
1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 99th 20 km walk 1:52:46
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd 10 km walk 50:19
Pan Arab Games Irbid, Jordan 1st 10 km walk 51:06
2000 African Championships Algiers, Algeria 2nd 10 km walk 50:15
2001 Francophonie Games Ottawa, Canada 4th 10,000 m walk 47:27
Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 7th 20 km walk 1:45:54
2002 World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 51st 20 km walk 1:41:08
African Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 10 km walk 49:26
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 64th 20 km walk 1:46:42
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 20 km walk 1:43:22
2007 Arab Championships Amman, Jordan 2nd 10 km walk 51:16.6
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt 2nd 10,000 m walk 55:14.6

National titles

  • Egyptian Athletics Championships[12]
    • 5000 m track walk: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
    • 10 km road walk: 1993, 1996, 1997
    • 10,000 metres: 1998, 1999

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nagwa Ali. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ Egyptian Records. Egyptian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  3. ↑ Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  4. ↑ African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  5. ↑ All-Africa Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  6. ↑ Al Batal Al Arabi(N°:38) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Arab Athletics Union. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  7. ↑ Al Batal Al Arabi(N°:42) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Arab Athletics Union. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  8. ↑ Championnats arabes, Amman (Jordanie) 18-21/05. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  9. ↑ Results November 2007 - Pan Arab Games. Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  10. ↑ African Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  11. ↑ Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  12. ↑ Egyptian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
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