Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

2000 Summer Paralympics

The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...

in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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. Egyptian athletes won six gold medals, eleven silver and eleven bronze, enabling their country to finish 23rd out of 123 on the medal table.

Athletics

Egypt won three gold medals, six silver and seven bronze in athletics. Among the medallists were:

• men's javelin: Mahmoud El-Attar (gold; 49.92m, WR), El-Sayed Moussa (silver), Hani El-Behairy (bronze)
• men's shotput: Ibrahim Allam
  Ibrahim Allam
  Ibrahim Allam is a paralympic athlete from Egypt competing mainly in category F58 shot putt events.Ibrahim is a two time Paralympic gold medalist, winning the F58 shot putt in both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics.-References:...
  
   (gold; 14.77m, PR), Hani El-Behairy (silver)
• men's discus: Ali Ibrahim (silver), Hossam Abdel-Latif (bronze)
• men's 400m: Ahmed Hassan (silver)
• women's discus: Karima Feleifal (bronze)
• women's javelin: Zakia Abdeen (bronze; 23.69m)

Powerlifting

Egypt won three gold medals, five silver and four bronze, dropping from first place in Atlanta to third in Sydney, behind China and Nigeria. Among the medallists were:

• men's 50kg: Metwally Mat'hana (gold; 197.5kg, PR)
• men's 52kg: Ussama El-Sergani (silver)
• men's 56kg: Ahmed Gomaa (gold; 192.5kg, WR)
• men's 67.5kg: Shaaban Ibrahim (silver)
• men's 75kg: Sayed Abdel-Al (silver)
• men's 85.5kg: Mustafa Hamed (bronze)
• men's 90kg: Abdel-Moneim Farag (bronze)
• men's 100kg: Sherif Bakr (silver)
• women's 44kg: Fatma Omar (gold)