Nour Abdelsalam

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]

Nour Abdelsalam
Personal information
Born (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportTaekwondo
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Egypt
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tunis -49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Port Said -49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Agadir -49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dakar -49 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville -49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat -49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin -49 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang -49 kg
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan -49 kg

Career

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
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2013Mediterranean Games2nd49 kg
2013Islamic Solidarity Games1st49 kg
2014African Championships1st49 kg
2015African Games1st49 kg
2016African Championships1st49 kg
2018African Championships1st49 kg
2019African Games2nd49 kg
2019Military World Games2nd49 kg
2021African Championships3rd49 kg

References
  1. "ABDELSALAM Nour". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. "Women's 49 kg". 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  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.
  4. "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. "Results book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 23 February 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.
  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.
  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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