Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza (born 4 April 1995) is an Egyptian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serb ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia. She became the first woman representing Egypt to reach a final at the World Wrestling Championships. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2016, she competed in the women's freestyle 75kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 32 by Ekaterina Bukina. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the 76 kg event at the

Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 The Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 was a wrestling event held in Ostia, Rome, Italy between 4 and 7 of March 2021. The first United World Wrestling United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of ama ...

held in Rome, Italy. She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's freestyle 76kg event. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the

2021 World Wrestling Championships The 2021 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 2 to 10 October 2021 in Oslo, Norway. The event was subsequent to the 2019 World Championships due to the can ...

held in Oslo, Norway. In 2022, she competed in the women's 76kg event at the

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held in Istanbul, Turkey. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco. She won one of the bronze medals in the 76kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria. She won the bronze medal in her event at the

2022 Tunis Ranking Series The 2022 Tunis Ranking Series, also known as the 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series, was a wrestling event held in Tunis, Tunisia between 14 and 17 July 2022. It was held as the fourth of the ranking series of United World Wrestling. Ranking Ser ...

event held in Tunis, Tunisia. She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the

held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won the gold medal in her event at the

2023 African Wrestling Championships The 2023 Seniors, Juniors, Cadets African Wrestling Championships was the 38th edition of African Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from 15 to 21 May in Hammamet, Tunisia, Hammamet, Tunisia. Medal table (Seniors) Team ...

held in Hammamet, Tunisia.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amer, Samar 1995 births Living people Egyptian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Egypt Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists in wrestling African Games bronze medalists for Egypt African Wrestling Championships medalists Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling 21st-century Egyptian women 21st-century Egyptian people World Wrestling Championships medalists