Lamar Behairi
{{Short description|Egyptian rhythmic gymnast}}
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{{MedalSport | Rhythmic Gymnastics }}
{{MedalCountry | {{EGY}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | African Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold | 2022 Cairo| Team}}
{{Medal|Gold | 2024 Kigali| Group All-Around}}
{{Medal|Silver | 2022 Cairo| Hoop}}
{{Medal|Silver | 2022 Cairo| Ribbon}}|show-medals=yes|nickname=Lamoory|club=Gezira Sporting Club|headcoach=Mayar Ragab, Noha Hossam}}
Lamar Behairi (Arabic: لامار البحيري born 1 August 2007) is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast.{{Cite web |title=BEHAIRY Lamar - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=79542 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}} She is a multiple time African champion.
Personal life
Lamar took up the sport following her older sister, Sandrie, who is a retired elite gymnast. Her younger sister Ledia is also a successful rhythmic gymnast.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-27 |title=Egyptian rhythmic gymnasts poised to leap onto Olympic stage in Paris |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/egyptian-rhythmic-gymnasts-poised-to-leap-onto-olympic-stage-in-paris/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=International Gymnast Magazine Online |language=en-US}}
Career
As a junior Lamar competed at the 2022 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Cairo, where she won gold in teams, silver with hoop and ribbon.{{Cite web |title=2022 Junior Teams |url=https://www.unionafricainedegymnastique.com/_files/ugd/b4e22c_e1a67b33447e4cf0a920395d33fc2e07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712001811/https://www.unionafricainedegymnastique.com/_files/ugd/b4e22c_e1a67b33447e4cf0a920395d33fc2e07.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-12 }}{{Cite web |title=2022 Junior Hoop Final |url=https://www.unionafricainedegymnastique.com/_files/ugd/b4e22c_91b2958e632142b2bbfd831d8246e7d6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712001821/https://www.unionafricainedegymnastique.com/_files/ugd/b4e22c_91b2958e632142b2bbfd831d8246e7d6.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-12 }}{{Cite web |title=2022 Junior Ribbon Final |url=https://www.unionafricainedegymnastique.com/_files/ugd/b4e22c_24af921a5e114fb3800b0d301b3c5faf.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712001811/https://www.unionafricainedegymnastique.com/_files/ugd/b4e22c_24af921a5e114fb3800b0d301b3c5faf.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-12 }}
In 2023 she became a senior, taking part in the World Cup in Portimão, being 30th in the All-Around, 27th with hoop, 30th with ball, 21st with clubs and 50th with ribbon.{{Cite web |title=Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2023 - Results |url=https://www.the-sports.org/gymnastics-world-cup-rhythmic-gymnastics-portimao-results-2023-epr130074.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.the-sports.org}}
In 2024 she was incorporated into the senior group winning gold in the All-Around, along Johara Eldeeb, Farida Hussein, Abeer Ramadan and Amina Sobeih, at the African Championships in Kigali, thus earning a quota for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.{{Cite news |date=26 April 2024 |title=Senior Groups All-Around Medalists at the 18th Rhythmic Gymnastics African Championships |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OLga4ohgP/ |agency=African Gymnastics Union}}{{Cite web |title=With a full slate of Olympians for Paris, Egyptian Gymnastics is starting to soar |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4212681 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}}
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Category:Egyptian rhythmic gymnasts
Category:Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics African Championships