Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz

Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz
Full nameShaimaa Abdul-Aziz Muhammad
Nationality Egypt
Born (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981 (age 43)
Giza, Egypt
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, classic[1]
Highest ranking318 (May 2001)[2]
Current ranking566 (March 2013)[2]
ClubAl-Ahly Sports Club[1]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Algiers Doubles

Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz Muhammad (Arabic: شيماء عبد العزيز; born 30 March 1981 in Giza) is an Egyptian table tennis player.[3] She won a silver medal, along with her partner Moselhi Emad, in the mixed doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4] As of March 2013, Abdul-Aziz is ranked no. 566 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]

Abdul-Aziz made her official debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in both singles and doubles tournaments. For her first event, the women's singles, Abdul-Aziz placed third in the preliminary pool round against Russia's Galina Melnik and Hong Kong's Wong Ching, receiving a total score of 74 points, and two straight losses.[5] In the women's doubles, Abdul-Aziz and her partner Osman Bacent repeated their position in the preliminary pool round against Sweden's Åsa and Marie Svensson, and Belarus' Viktoria Pavlovich and Tatyana Kostromina, attaining only a total score of 45 points and losing four straight matches.[6]

Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Abdul-Aziz qualified for her second Egyptian team, as a 27-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 6 seeded players from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[7][8][9] She lost the preliminary round match of the women's singles tournament to Chinese Taipei's Pan Li-chun, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "ITTF World Player Profile – Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz". ITTF. Retrieved 1 March 2013.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz". ITTF. Retrieved 1 March 2013.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shaimaa Abdul Aziz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. ^ Marshall, Ian (17 July 2007). "Mixed Doubles Gold for Congo Brazzaville in Algiers". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Table Tennis – Women's Singles" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Sydney 2000: Table Tennis – Women's Doubles" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 98. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ^ Marshall, Ian (22 July 2007). "African Olympic Games Qualifiers Named". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. ^ "African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled". Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 March 2013.[dead link‍]