Doaa Elghobashy
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.jpg) Marwa Abdelhady (L) and Doaa Elghobashy for 2023 African Games | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Egyptian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Beheira Governorate | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Doaa Elghobashy (Arabic: دعاء الغباشي; born 8 November 1996) is an Egyptian beach volleyball player.
Career
[edit]Elghobashy competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro alongside Nada Meawad in the beach volleyball competition. She and Meawad qualified for the Games by winning the CAVB Continental Cup held in Nigeria.[1]
The team turned heads in their first match against Germany as the team wore long sleeves and pants and Elghobashy wore a hijab, making her the first woman to wear a hijab in Olympic beach volleyball.[2][3] The team was also Egypt's first ever Olympic team to compete in a beach volleyball tournament.[3] Though Elghobashy and Meawad did not advance in the tournament, Elghobashy has become an inspiration for Muslim women, especially those in sports and who wear a headscarf, as she joined the ranks of the few Muslim women who compete in a headscarf.[4]
Elghobashy has worn a hijab for 10 years and it has always been a part of her beach volleyball career.[5] She was allowed to wear it in the Games after the international volleyball federation relaxed uniform regulations before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile - Doaa Elghobashy". rio2016.fivb.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Nouhaila is set to make football history wearing a hijab. But bans remain for some athletes". SBS News. 24 July 2023.
- 1 2 "Olympic volleyball player capturing global attention for her hijab speaks out". 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "What Olympian Hijabis Like Doaa El Ghobashy Mean To Me As A Muslim Woman". www.bustle.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Egyptian beach player: Hijab won't keep me from sport". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Egyptian women's volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Egypt
- Volleyball players at the 2019 African Games
- Volleyball players at the 2023 African Games
- African Games medalists in beach volleyball
- African Games gold medalists for Egypt
- People from Beheira Governorate
- 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen
- Egyptian women's beach volleyball players
- Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics