Malak El-Nasser
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Native name | ملك الناصر |
National team | Syria |
Born | January 19, 1954 |
Sport | |
Country | Syria |
Sport | Athletics |
Updated on 17 July 2017 |
Malak El-Nasser (Arabic: ملك الناصر; born January 19, 1954) is a Syrian Olympic athlete. She represented Syria in 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[1] She is the first Syrian woman ever to participate in the Olympics.[2][3]
Olympic participation
[edit]El-Nasser the youngest and the only female participant for Syria in that tournament aged 18 years and 225 days then.[4]
Athletics – Women's 800 metres – Round One El-Nasser failed to qualify the first round to semi-finals and finished last in her heat in round one.[5]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union | 4 | 2:01.50 |
2 | Abby Hoffman | Canada | 5 | 2:01.57 |
3 | Maria Sykora | Austria | 7 | 2:01.82 |
4 | Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 1 | 2:01.92 |
5 | Maritta Politz | East Germany | 3 | 2:02.40 |
6 | Margaret Coomber | Great Britain | 2 | 2:02.99 |
7 | Emesia Chizunga | Malawi | 6 | 2:19.22 |
- | Malak El-Nasser | Syria | 8 | DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Malak El-Nasser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Syria". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "مشاركة سورية ضئيلة في اولمبياد 2008". www.middle-east-online.com (in Arabic). 25 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Syria at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2017.