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Farida Khalil (born January 2011)[1] is an Egyptian modern pentathlete. She won the 2025 World Modern Pentathlon Championships.
Career
[edit]Khalil is coached by her father and trains at the El Shams Sporting Club in Cairo.[2] She was a gold medalist in the relay at the 2023 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships alongside Malak Ismail in Druskininkai, Lithuania.[3]
During the 2025 season, she won the under-17, under-19 and under-22 World Championship titles before then moving up to senior events.[4] She won her first senior Modern Pentathlon World Cup gold medal in July 2025 at the age of 14 years-old.[5]
In August 2025, she won the individual gold medal at the 2025 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania in August 2025, winning by a significant margin, finishing it 11.95 seconds ahead of Hungary’s Blanka Guzi.[6] The unprecedented feat of winning every major world title in modern pentathlon in the same season, from three youth grades through to the women's senior championship was called the 'Farida Slam' by world governing body of the sport, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Perelman, Rich (May 13, 2025). "MODERN PENTATHLON: Has the sport found its transformational star in a 14-year-old Egyptian?". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- 1 2 Hossam, Aya; Oriunto, Marco (1 June 2026). "The schoolgirl who became world champion at 14". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "UIPM 2023 PENTATHLON JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: EGYPT AND FRANCE OPEN WITH RELAY SUCCESS". uipmworld.org. 12 Sep 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- 1 2 "UIPM 2025 PENTATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: KHALIL (EGY) COMPLETES 'FARIDA SLAM' WITH WOMEN'S FINAL SUCCESS". uipmworld.org. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ Rhys, Paul (28 August 2025). "14-year-old phenom Farida Khalil: Solving the puzzle of Modern Pentathlon". Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "UIPM 2025 Pentathlon World Championships: Egypt's 14-year-old Farida Khalil wins gold to secure fourth world title of the season". Olympics.com. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.