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Basmla Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Elsalamoney بسملة عبد الحميد عبدالحميد السلاموني (born 25, February, 1999) at Gharbia, Egypt is an Egyptian triathlete.[1]

Basmla ElSalamoney
Basmla Elsalamoney at the 2021 Africa Triathlon Championship
Personal information
Native nameبسملة السلاموني
CitizenshipEgyptian
Born (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)
Gharbia, Egypt
OccupationStudent
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportTriathlon
PositionU23 Women - Elite Women
Rank68 (August 2021)
ClubThe Hikestep Military Sport School
TeamThe ASICS World Triathlon Development Team
Turned pro2018
Coached byAhmed Salama
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking68 (August 2021)
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing  Egypt
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Women
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Mixed relay

Basmla is the first ever Egyptian to qualify to the Olympics triathlon, and the first Arab female triathlete to do so. While she took part in Tokyo 2020, also she was the youngest competitor at Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]

She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the women's triathlon event.[1][2] She also won the bronze medal in the mixed relay event.

Career

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Athlete Profile". Triathlon.org. Archived from the original on 2019-08-25.
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (24 August 2019). "Siwane and ElSalamoney secure African Games triathlon titles". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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