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Marwa Hussein

Egyptian hammer thrower (born 1978)

Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat (born 19 June 1978) is an Egyptian hammer thrower. Her personal preeminent throw is 68.48 metres, achieved in February 2005 in Port. This is the Egyptian record, a former African record, streak ranks her as the second best African thrower after Amy Sène.[1]

She failed a drug test at a competition in Lordly 2010 and was banned from the sport for two years.[2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Egypt
1998 African ChampionshipsDakar, Senegal2nd [3]
1999 All-Africa GamesJohannesburg, South Africa3rd [4]
Pan Arab GamesIrbid, Jordan1st 58.97 CR[5]
2000 African ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria2nd [3]
2001 World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada30th (q) 58.41 m
2002 African ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia1st 61.64 CR[3]
World CupMadrid, Spain9th
2003 All-Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria1st 64.28 m = CR[4]
2003 World ChampionshipsParis, France20th (q) 64.53 m
2004 African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Congo1st 66.14 m = CR[3]
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece38th (q) 62.27 m
Pan Arab GamesAlgiers, Algeria1st 62.78 m = CR[5]
2006 African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius1st
World CupAthens, Greece9th 60.23 m
2007 All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria1st 65.70 m
Pan Arab GamesCairo, Egypt1st 62.83 m
2008 African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia1st 62.26 m
2010 African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya2nd 62.36 m

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