Zeina Ibrahim
{{short description|Egyptian artistic gymnast (born 2003)}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name = Zeina Ibrahim
زينة ابراهيم•شرف
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| caption = Ibrahim at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
| full_name = Zeina Ibrahim Sharaf
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| country = {{EGY}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|06|20}}
| birth_place = Alexandria, Egypt
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| discipline = WAG
| natlteam = 2016–present (EGY)
| club = Smouha Club
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| headcoach = Safinaz Karam
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{{MedalCountry | {{EGY}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|African Games}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Rabat|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Rabat|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalCompetition|African Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Cairo|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|Balance beam}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIG World Cup}}
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|World Challenge Cup|0|0|1
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{{MedalCountry | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|IOC}} Mixed-NOCs}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Youth Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Buenos Aires | Mixed team}}
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Zeina Ibrahim Sharaf ({{langx|ar|زينة ابراهيم•شرف}}, born 20 June 2003){{cite web |title=Zeina Ibrahim Sharaf |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2504909 |website=Olympedia |access-date=3 August 2023}} is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 African Games team and uneven bars champion and the 2021 African all-around champion. She is also the 2022 African team and balance beam champion. She represented Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2020 Olympic Games.
Personal life
Junior gymnastics career
=2016–17=
Ibrahim made her international debut at the 2016 African Championships, where she helped Egypt place first in the team competition.{{cite web|first1=Lauren|last1=Hopkins|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/03/31/2016-african-championships-results/|title=2016 African Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=31 March 2016|access-date=3 August 2023}} She then competed at the Tournoi International in Combs-la-Ville, France where she placed 24th in the all-around.{{cite web|first1=Lauren|last1=Hopkins|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/11/05/2016-tournoi-international-results/|title=2016 Tournoi International Results|work=The Gymternet|date=5 November 2016|access-date=3 August 2023}} In 2017, Ibrahim only competed at the Egyptian Championships in Cairo where she placed fifth all-around in the junior division.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Egyptian Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/03/10/2017-egyptian-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=10 March 2017}}
=2018=
Ibrahim started the season competing at the Stella Zakharova Cup in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she finished ninth in the all-around and sixth with the Egyptian team. In the event finals, she won bronze on the vault and gold on the balance beam by over half a point ahead of teammate Jana Mahmoud.{{cite web|first1=Lauren|last1=Hopkins|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/04/02/2018-stella-zakharova-cup-results/|title=2018 Stella Zakharova Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=2 April 2018|access-date=3 August 2023}} She next competed at the African Championships where she helped Egypt win the gold medal as a team. Additionally, she placed third in the all-around and on uneven bars.{{cite web|first1=Lauren|last1=Hopkins|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/17/2018-african-championships-results/|title=2018 African Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=17 May 2018|access-date=3 August 2023}} In September, she competed at the Junior Mediterranean Championships where Egypt placed fourth as a team, and individually, she placed 15th in the all-around and sixth on uneven bars.{{cite web|first1=Lauren|last1=Hopkins|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/10/02/2018-junior-mediterranean-championships-results/|title=2018 Junior Mediterranean Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=2 October 2018|access-date=3 August 2023}} Then in October, Ibrahim represented Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. While there, she was assigned to the mixed multi-discipline team named after British gymnast Max Whitlock, and they won the silver medal behind the team named after American gymnast Simone Biles. Individually, Ibrahim qualified for the all-around final where she finished in 18th place.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final Results |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2018/youth-olympic-games/documents/wagaaf.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Buenos Aires 2018 |access-date=25 October 2021 |date=12 October 2018}}
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| image1 = 2018-10-05 WAG Training at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Martin Rulsch) 127.jpg
| caption1 = Uneven bars training
| image2 = 2018-10-08 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' Artistic Gymnastics – Vault qualification (Martin Rulsch) 159.jpg
| caption2 = Vault qualification
| image3 = 2018-10-10 Victory ceremony (Gymnastics mixed multi-discipline team) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–161.jpg
| caption3 = Ibrahim and compatriot Mohamed Afify with their mixed multi-discipline team medals
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Senior gymnastics career
=2019=
Ibrahim became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019 and made her senior debut at the African Games. She, along with teammates Farah Hussein, Farah Salem, Mandy Mohamed, and Nancy Taman, won gold in the team competition. Individually, Ibrahim won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind compatriot Hussein.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 African Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/30/2019-african-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=30 August 2019}} In November, she competed at the Cottbus World Cup but did not advance into any finals.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Cottbus World Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/11/24/2019-cottbus-world-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=24 November 2019}}
=2021=
In May, Ibrahim competed at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo. She placed first in the all-around and qualified to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.{{cite web|last1=Al-Buhairi|first1=Ali|url=https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=26052021&id=425b422c-6a57-4e36-9597-19dc9bfbc41a|title=زينة إبراهيم لاعبة الجمباز تتأهل لأولمبياد طوكيو|trans-title=Zina Ibrahim, the gymnast, qualifies for the Tokyo Olympics|language=ar|date=26 May 2021|work=Al-Shorouk|access-date=3 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=Nigeria And South Africa Make History At The African Championships |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/nigeria-egypt-and-south-africa-make-history-at-the-african-championships/ |website=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=28 May 2021}} She next competed at the Cairo World Challenge Cup where she won the bronze medal on balance beam behind Larisa Iordache and Diana Varinska, and she finished sixth on the uneven bars.{{cite web |title=Hosts Egypt claim two golds, Kovtun thrice golden in Cairo |url=https://gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3174181 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=8 June 2021}} Then at the Doha World Cup, she finished fifth on the uneven bars and fourth on the balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 Doha World Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/06/27/2021-doha-world-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=27 June 2021}} At the Olympic Games, Ibrahim finished 64th in the all-around during qualification round and did not advance to any finals.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73H_GARW1AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf|title=Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around Qualification Results|website=International Olympic Committee|date=25 July 2021|access-date=26 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725192500/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73H_GARW1AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf|url-status=dead}}
=2022=
Ibrahim competed at the Cairo World Cup, where she finished seventh on the balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 Cairo World Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/03/20/2022-cairo-world-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=20 March 2022}} She next competed at the Mediterranean Games alongside Jana Abdelsalam, Jana Aboelhasan, Jana Mahmoud, and Nour Swidan, and they finished sixth as a team.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 Mediterranean Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/06/30/2022-mediterranean-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=30 June 2022}} In July, Ibrahim she at the African Championships, where she helped Egypt finish first as a team. As a result, they qualified a team to compete at the upcoming World Championships. Individually, Ibrahim won gold on the balance beam and silver on the uneven bars behind Caitlin Rooskrantz of South Africa.{{cite web|last1=Crumlish|first1=John|url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/main/rooskrantz-afify-win-senior-all-around-gold-as-egypt-sweeps-team-titles-at-african-championships/|title=Rooskrantz, Afify win senior all-around gold as Egypt sweeps team titles at African Championships|date=12 July 2022|work=International Gymnast Magazine|access-date=3 August 2023}} She competed with the Egyptian team at the World Championships, and they placed 22nd in the qualification round.{{cite web |title=51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Women's Team Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2022/w_22worlds_teamqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=29 October 2022}}
Competitive history
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| colspan="8" | Junior | |||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2016 | |||||||
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| align=left | African Championships | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| align=left | Tournoi International | 24 | ||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2017 | align=left | Egyptian Championships | 5 | |||||
| rowspan="4" | 2018 | align=left | Stella Zakharova Cup | 6 | 9 | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | ||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | African Championships | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | {{bronze3}} | ||||
| align=left | Mediterranean Championships | 4 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| style="background:#ebc2af;"
| align=left|Youth Olympic Games | {{silver2}}{{efn|name=pacrim|The teams were randomly assigned with gymnasts from different countries and disciplines}} | 18 | |||||
| colspan="8" | Senior | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | |||||||
| bgcolor=#f0fccf
| align=left | African Games | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | |||||
| rowspan="5" | 2021 | |||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | African Championships | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| align=left | Cairo Challenge Cup | 6 | {{bronze3}} | |||||
| align=left | Doha World Cup | 5 | 4 | |||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | Olympic Games | 64 | ||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2022 | align=left | Cairo World Cup | 7 | |||||
| align=left | Mediterranean Games | 6 | ||||||
| bgcolor="#f5f6ce"
| align=left | African Championships | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | ||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 22 |
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References
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External links
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Category:Egyptian female artistic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts from Alexandria
Category:Gymnasts at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:African Games medalists in gymnastics
Category:African Games gold medalists for Egypt
Category:Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Egypt
Category:Gymnasts at the 2022 Mediterranean Games