Marwa Hussein

Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat (born 19 June 1978) is an Egyptian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 68.48 metres, achieved in February 2005 in Cairo. This is the current African record.^[1]

She failed an out of competition doping test in August 2010 and was banned from the sport for two years.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Egypt
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	2nd	[3]
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	[4]
	Pan Arab Games	Irbid, Jordan	1st	58.97 CR[5]
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	[3]
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	30th	58.41 m
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	61.64 CR[3]
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	9th
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	64.28 m = CR[4]
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	20th	64.53 m
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	1st	66.14 m = CR[3]
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	38th	62.27 m
	Pan Arab Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	62.78 m = CR[5]
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	9th	60.23 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	2nd

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

• IAAF profile for Marwa Hussein

1. ^ Egyptian athletics records
2. ^ IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
4. ^ ^{a b} All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
5. ^ ^{a b} Pan Arab Games - GBR Athletics

Persondata
Name	Hussein, Marwa
Alternative names
Short description	Egyptian hammer thrower
Date of birth	19 June 1978
Place of birth
Date of death
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