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Malak El-Nasser

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Malak El-Nasser
Personal information
Native nameملك الناصر
National team Syria
Born (1954-01-19) January 19, 1954 (age 70)
Sport
Country Syria
SportAthletics
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

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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]

Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Lane Time
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "مشاركة سورية ضئيلة في اولمبياد 2008". www.middle-east-online.com (in Arabic). 25 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.