Hedaya Malak

Hedaya Malak Wahba

Malak at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	هداية ملاك وهبة
Nationality	Egyptian
Born	(1993-04-21) 21 April 1993 (age 31) Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	–67 kg
Coached by	Rossindo Alonso[2]
Medal record Representing  Egypt Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –57 kg 2020 Tokyo –67 kg African Games 2011 Maputo -57 kg 2015 Brazzaville -57 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin -67 kg 2018 Tarragona -67 kg Grand Prix 2015 Moscow -57 kg 2015 Mexico City -57 kg 2016 Baku -57 kg 2019 Rome -67 kg African Championships 2016 Port Said -57 kg 2014 Tunis -57 kg Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong -62 kg

Hedaya Malak Wahba (Egyptian Arabic: هدايه ملاك وهبة, born 21 April 1993) is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the Olympic Games in London in 2012, won a bronze medal in Rio 2016, and another bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.^[3][4][5]

Career

Malak took up taekwondo aged six, following her elder brother; she was joined by her younger brother.^[2] She ranked first in the Giza governorate championship before winning Egypt's championship at 14 years old.^[6]

At the London 2012 Olympics, she competed in the Taekwondo women's 57 kg and qualified for the quarterfinals by defeating Robin Cheong of New Zealand in the round of 16. She was defeated at the quarterfinals by Marlène Harnois of France.^[7]

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ranking third in the WTF Olympic Rankings as of December 2015.^[8] Malak passed through the early rounds, defeating Doris Patiño and Mayu Hamada before losing out in the semifinals to Eva Calvo of Spain. Malak then won the bronze medal after defeating Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the Repechage.^[9]

She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the –67 kg category.^[10] She lost in the quarter final to Lauren Williams of Great Britain. Hedaya then won the bronze medal after defeating Malia Paseka of Tonga followed by Paige McPherson of the United States in the Repechage^[5]

See also

• Muslim women in sport

References

1. "Hedaya Wahba". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. Hedaya Wahba Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
3. "Looking for a Repeat". Egypt Today. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
4. "Rio 2016 – Taekwondo — Women's 57 kg: Egypt's Hedaya Wahba wins Bronze medal — beIN SPORTS". Retrieved 2016-08-19.
5. "Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak claims Egypt's 1st medal in Tokyo". Retrieved 2021-07-26.
6. "هداية ملاك.. أول لاعبة عربية تتأهل لأوليمبياد البرازيل بعد فوزها بذهبية المكسيك،موقع ولاد البلد 9 ديسمبر، 2015". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
7. "Results — Taekwondo". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
8. "WTF Olympic Rankings: List of Qualified Athletes" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
9. "Rio 2016 – Taekwondo — Women's 57 kg: Egypt's Hedaya Wahba wins Bronze medal — beIN SPORTS". Retrieved 2016-08-19.
10. "Olympic Dreams: Hedaya Malak focused on making more taekwondo history for Egypt at Tokyo 2020". The National. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-06-19.

External links

• Hedaya Malak at TaekwondoData.com
• Hedaya Malak at Olympics.com
• Hedaya Malak at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Ahmed El-Ahmar	Flag bearer for  Egypt 2020 Tokyo with Alaaeldin Abouelkassem	Succeeded by Incumbent