Ramadan, Nahla

Human Interest

Sport Specific Information
Club / Team	El-Olympi / El-Iskanderiya : Egypt
General Interest
Famous relatives	She is the daughter of Mohamed El-Sayed Ramadan, who competed in weightlifting at the 1984 Olympic Games, and her older sister Nagham also competed in the sport. (sports-reference.com, 2012)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport?	Her father was a former Olympic weightlifter and introduced her to the sport. Her older sister, Nagham, also did the sport.
When and where did you begin this sport?	She was spotted as a student at the Cleopatra Experimental School in Alexandria by the Bulgarian coach Yurden Ivanov, who was serving as Egypt's national coach at the time.
General Interest
Other information	2008 BAN She was unable to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games after being banned by the Egypt Weightlifting Federation for deliberately skipping the 2007 world championships. The ban was later overturned. (weightliftingexchange.com, 2007)

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