Samar Amer

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Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza (born 4 April 1995) is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=14 September 2022 |title=Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128068/world-wrestling-champs-2022-day-5 |access-date=15 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} She became the first woman representing Egypt to reach a final at the World Wrestling Championships.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=13 September 2022 |title=Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128029/kayaalp-champion-wrestling |access-date=14 September 2022}}

Amer competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2016, Amer competed in the women's freestyle 75{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 32 by Ekaterina Bukina.{{cite web |title=Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/samar-amer-ibrahim-hamza |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=8 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003065526/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/samar-amer-ibrahim-hamza |archivedate=3 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Women's Freestyle 75 kg - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-womens-freestyle-75-kg |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=8 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922183911/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-womens-freestyle-75-kg |archivedate=22 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}

In 2021, Amer won the silver medal in the 76 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221706/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2021 |access-date=21 March 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=3 April 2021 |title=Hosts Tunisia claim four more Tokyo 2020 berths on day two of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106224/tunisia-claim-four-more-places-at-tokyo |access-date=3 April 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=5 May 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} She competed in the women's freestyle 76{{nbsp}}kg event. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=6 October 2021 |title=Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113900/uww-world-championships-day-five |access-date=6 October 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2021 |access-date=16 October 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}}

In 2022, Amer competed in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=21 May 2022 |title=Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123472/oborududu-consecutive-title-wrestlng |access-date=23 May 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS |archive-date=22 May 2022 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} She won one of the bronze medals in the 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Competition Summary |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630130108/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}} She won the bronze medal in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia.{{Cite web |title=2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-07/final-book-zouhaier_sghaier_0.pdf?VersionId=7Eym.guK9SHiyC6Bsh3Jnsong8qK_Syt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719112138/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-07/final-book-zouhaier_sghaier_0.pdf?VersionId=7Eym.guK9SHiyC6Bsh3Jnsong8qK_Syt |archive-date=19 July 2022 |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} She won the silver medal in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Amer won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=19 May 2023 |title=Egypt and Algeria share Greco-Roman golds at African Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137155/egypt-algeria-african-wrestling-champs |access-date=22 May 2023}}{{Cite web |title=2023 African Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-1edf26c3-9b2e-6026-8131-5f0cc5b812b3_0.pdf?VersionId=T4hII7UXGv7bZjHu3jl4OtPIvvtKhA73 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522170402/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-1edf26c3-9b2e-6026-8131-5f0cc5b812b3_0.pdf?VersionId=T4hII7UXGv7bZjHu3jl4OtPIvvtKhA73 |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Amer competed at the 2024 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt without qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-03/final-book-seniors_african_and_oceania_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426030143/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-03/final-book-seniors_african_and_oceania_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She was eliminated in her first match.