Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud (; born 13 June 1992) is an Egyptian

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. She was born in

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, Egypt. She competed at the

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and

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in the -69 kg and -75 kg weight categories, respectively, and finished in fifth place at both Games. In 2016, Abdelrahman retroactively became the first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal when the original gold, silver, and bronze medal winners from the 2012 Olympics were disqualified due to doping. Abdelrahman is now the silver medal winner for the 75 kg event in the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming second to Spain's Lidia Velentin. The first Egyptian woman to receive her Olympic medal on the podium was

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for her bronze medal performance in the women's 69 kg category at the

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* * * 1992 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for Egypt Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters from Alexandria Egyptian female weightlifters Olympic silver medalists for Egypt Olympic bronze medalists for Egypt Olympic medalists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen {{Egypt-weightlifting-bio-stub