Radwa Sayed

Radwa Sayed
Radwa Sayed in 2018
Personal information
Born (1997-05-30) May 30, 1997 (age 27)[1]
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportKarate
Weight class50 kg
EventKumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Egypt
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Linz Kumite 50 kg
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat Kumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville Kumite 50 kg

Radwa Sayed is an Egyptian karateka. She is a bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time medalist at the African Games. In 2021, she represented Egypt in the women's 55 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career

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In 2016, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.[3]

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.[4] She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[5] She also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

In 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via continental representation soon after.[7] She competed in the women's 55 kg event where she did not advance to compete in the semifinals.

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd Kumite 50 kg
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 3rd Kumite 50 kg
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 2nd Kumite 50 kg

References

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  1. ^ "Karate SAYED Radwa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
  2. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2016 World Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 African Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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