# Egypt at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. Egypt made their debut at the Paralympic Games in 1972. Since their debut Egypt have won 165 medals (46 gold, 59 silver, 60 bronze). Egypt's most successful appearance at the Paralympic Games was in Atlanta in 1980, winning 30 medals.

## Background

55 of the Egyptian 2012 Summer Paralympic team, including volleyball and table tennis athletes, trained in venues across Lincolnshire, including Boston, Louth and the city of Lincoln.
Karem Elngar was quoted by the BBC as saying of the 2012 Paralympics, "In Egypt there is a negative attitude to disabled people. The Olympics has not helped to discredit this perception."
The delegation stayed at Egremont House and Festive Mansions in the Paralympic Village.

## Medals

Egypt left London with 15 medals, 4 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze. This was an improvement of 3 more bronze medals than they won in Beijing.

## Athletics
### Men's track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed | 100m T12 | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed | 200m T12 | 24.58 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Men's field

| Athlete | Events | Mark | Points | Rank |
| Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth | Shot put F37-38 | 15.53 | - | |
| Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth | Discus throw F37-38 | 42.94 | 950 | 8 |
| Metawa Abouelkhir | Discus throw F57-58 | 54.19 | 944 | |
| Ibrahim Ibrahim | Discus throw F54-56 | 35.32 | 834 | 9 |
| Ibrahim Ibrahim | Javelin throw F54-56 | 34.31 | - | 6 |
| Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan | Discus throw F37-38 | 51.92 | 996 | 5 |
| Raed Salem | Javelin throw F57-58 | 47.90 | 991 | |

## Powerlifting

Sherif Othman won gold in powerlifting for Egypt, repeating his winning performance at the 2008 Games. Fatma Omar competed at and became a four-time Paralympic gold medalist in London. Metwalli Mathana appeared in his fifth Paralympic Games. Egypt finished the London Games with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Following the London Games, Egypt's all time medal total in the sport was 59, including 19 golds.
Historically, Egyptian powerlifters have faced a number of barriers despite their obvious success at the Paralympic Games. They have lacked financial support. Because of the low numbers of practitioners, there is a lack of awareness among parents of children with disabilities about the potential to get involved with powerlifting. These low numbers of practitioners also make the sport cost more, which further reduces participation numbers. The materials provided by the Egyptian Paralympic Committee, and for Disabled Sport Powerlifting Federation are also sometimes wanting in quality, and the cost of distributing them means they are sometimes hard to come by. It is also hard for Egyptians to go abroad, and to bring foreign lifers to Egypt to assist Egyptians in training.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Hany Abdelhady | -90kg | 241.0 | |
| Taha Abdelmagid | -48kg | 165.0 | |
| Mohamed Eldib | -100kg | 249.0 | |
| Mohamed Elelfat | -75kg | 219.0 | |
| Shaaban Ibrahim | -67.5kg | 202.0 | |
| Metwaly Mathana | -82.5kg | 227.0 | |
| Sherif Othman | -56kg | 197.0 | |
| Mohamed Sabet | +100kg | 225.0 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Gihan Abdelaziz | -52kg | 107.0 | 4 |
| Heba Ahmed | +82.5kg | 140.0 | |
| Amany Ali | -75kg | 122.0 | 4 |
| Amal Mahmoud | -60kg | 118.0 | |
| Randa Mahmoud | -82.5kg | 140.0 | |
| Fatma Omar | -56kg | 142.0 WR | |
| Zeinab Oteify | -44kg | 95.0 | 4 |

## Sitting volleyball
### Men's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Head coach: Mansour El Mohamdy
| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | 2012 club |
| 1 | Hesham Abdelmaksod | 2 February 1975 | M | El Houreya |
| 2 | Tamer Morgan Khalil | 9 March 1971 | WS | El Houreya |
| 3 | Yasser Saad Abd El Wahab Hassan | 14 October 1973 | SE | Police Sports Club Association |
| 4 | Ashraf Zaghloul Abdel Aziz | 24 February 1974 | WS | Police Sports Club Association |
| 5 | Taher Adel Elbahaey | 9 June 1972 | SE | El Houreya |
| 6 | Ahmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis | 12 April 1987 | M | Club Alexandria Petroleum |
| 7 | Ahmed Mohammed Fadl | 1 March 1985 | WS | Club Alexandria Petroleum |
| 8 | Mohamed Ezzeldin Mohamed | 1 September 1992 | WS | Club Alexandria Petroleum |
| 9 | Elsayed Moussa Saad | 28 May 1979 | WS | Police Sports Club Association |
| 10 | Abdel Nabi Ahmed Abdel Latif | 18 June 1972 | L | Police Sports Club Association |
| 12 | Mohamed Ibrahim | 29 March 1979 | M | Police Sports Club Association |

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4.000 | 340 | 266 | 1.278 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2.200 | 356 | 275 | 1.295 |
| 3 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1.500 | 424 | 402 | 1.055 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 230 | 276 | 0.833 |
| 5 | Morocco | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 157 | 300 | 0.523 |

#### 5th–6th place match
## Table tennis
### Men's singles

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abdelrahman Abdelwahab | Singles class 10 | Andersson (SWE) W 3–2 | Berecki (HUN) L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ehab Fetir | Singles class 5 | Jung (KOR) L 1–3 | Lin (TPE) L 2–3 | 3 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sameh Saleh | Singles class 4 | Gomez (VEN) W 3–1 | Mihalik (SVK) W 3–2 | 1 | Guo (CHN) W 3–0 | Kim (KOR) L 1–3 | Thomas (FRA) W 3-1 | |
| Sayed Youssef | Singles class 7 | Lambert (CZE) W 3–1 | Wollmert (CZE) L 0–3 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's singles

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fadia Ahmed | Singles class 4 | Moon (KOR) L 0-3 | Gilroy (GBR) L 0-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Angham Maghraby | Singles class 10 | Yang (CHN) L 0–3 | Partyka (POL) L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eman Mahmoud | Singles class 8 | Yu (CHN) L 0–3 | Abrahamsson (SWE) L 1–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Faiza Mahmoud | Singles class 7 | Ovsyannikova (RUS) L 1–3 | Schrijver (NED) L 1–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Teams

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abdelrahman Abdelwahab Sayed Youssef | Men's team class 9-10 | Netherlands (NED) L 2-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ehab Fetir Sameh Saleh | Men's team class 4-5 | Bye | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Angham Maghraby Faiza Mahmoud | Women's team class 6-10 | Ukraine (UKR) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |