Samah Ramadan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Samah Ramadan

Olympic judoka

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1978

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Samah Ramadan

  • Samah Ramadan Mohamed (also Samah Ramadan, Arabic: ???? ????? ?????; born April 16, 1978 in Cairo) is an Egyptian judoka, who played for the women's heavyweight category.
  • She is a two-time Olympian, and a five-time medalist at the African Judo Championships.
  • She also defeated Nigeria's Adijat Ayuba for the gold medal in the 78 kg class at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.Ramadan made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she lost the first preliminary round match of the women's heavyweight class (+78 kg), by an ippon and a soto makikomi (outer wraparound), to Russia's Tea Donguzashvili.
  • Ramadan later qualified for the repechage rounds, but she was beaten in her first match by South Korea's Choi Sook-Ie. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ramadan competed for the second time in the women's +78 kg class.
  • She received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out again this time to Cuba's Idalys Ortiz by an ippon and a seoi nage (shoulder throw).
  • Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Ramadan offered another for the bronze medal by defeating Australia's Janelle Shepherd in the repechage rounds.
  • She finished only in seventh place, after losing out the final repechage bout to another South Korean judoka Kim Na-Young, who successfully scored a waza-ari-awasete-ippon (two full points), and a kesa-gatame (scarf hold), at three minutes and thirty seconds.

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