Hedaya Malak

Hedaya Malak Wahba is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner, born in Cairo on 21 April 1993. ^{1 2} She competed at three Olympic Games and won bronze medals at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020; the Arabic article describes her as the first Arab and African woman to win two consecutive Olympic medals in taekwondo. ³

Malak took up taekwondo aged six, following her elder brother, and was soon joined by her younger brother. She ranked first in the Giza governorate championship before winning the Egyptian championship at fourteen. ¹

At London 2012 she competed in the women's 57 kg event, defeating Robin Cheong of New Zealand before losing her quarter-final to Marlène Harnois of France. ¹ She qualified for Rio 2016 ranked third in the WTF Olympic rankings, defeated Doris Patiño and Mayu Hamada, lost her semi-final to Eva Calvo of Spain, and then beat Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the repechage to take the bronze medal. ¹ At Tokyo 2020 she competed in the -67 kg event, lost her quarter-final to Lauren Williams of Great Britain, and won bronze by defeating Malia Paseka of Tonga and Paige McPherson of the United States in the repechage. ¹ She also carried the Egyptian flag at the Tokyo opening ceremony, alongside the fencer Alaaeldin Abouelkassem. ³

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