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Malak Abdel-Shafie: Egyptian Golden Girl

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Egyptian pride Malak Abdel-Shafie suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in an accident a few months after his birth. When he was only 10 months old. That’s why he used a wheelchair. And wheelchair users have to be careful about blood transfusions. ” Abdel-Shafie said, “I started swimming for long periods of time when I was just 5 years old as hydrotherapy. During my hydrotherapy treatment, my trainer said I was talented. So, I planned to swim professionally and prepare myself for the competition.

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When She was only 9 years old, she won a silver medal for her club on her first championship in 2012. Malak Abdel-Shafie said: “We were all surprised by the win because no one at the club expected it.
Since then, I have started to focus more on swimming and in 2014, I was only 11 years old when I was Called in the national team as the youngest swimmer in the team. And at the age of 17, I was given the opportunity to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the Egyptian Paralympic swimming champion.

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Malak Abdel-Shafie ‍All Record

At the African Games in 2019, I broken all previous records, and I named myself to be qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020. and made history by participating in the Tokyo Paralympic Games final as the first female Egyptian swimmer. In that championship, I placed eighth place. I got one gold medal with two silvers in my first ever competition in Spain. In the 100m breaststroke, where the previous record stood, I came in first place. I also received more than 50 national and 15 international medals.

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