Basmla ElSalamoney

Basmla Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Elsalamoney بسملة عبد الحميد عبدالحميد السلاموني (born 25, February, 1999) at Gharbia, Egypt is an Egyptian triathlete.^[1]

Basmla ElSalamoney

Basmla Elsalamoney at the 2021 Africa Triathlon Championship
Personal information
Native name	بسملة السلاموني
Citizenship	Egyptian
Born	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 26) Gharbia, Egypt
Occupation	Student
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Triathlon
Position	U23 Women - Elite Women
Rank	68 (August 2021)
Club	The Hikestep Military Sport School
Team	The ASICS World Triathlon Development Team
Turned pro	2018
Coached by	Ahmed Salama
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	68 (August 2021)
Medal record Women's triathlon Representing  Egypt African Games 2019 Rabat Women 2019 Rabat Mixed relay

Basmla is the first ever Egyptian to qualify to the Olympics triathlon, and the first Arab female triathlete to do so. While she took part in Tokyo 2020, also she was the youngest competitor at Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the women's triathlon event.^[1][2] She also won the bronze medal in the mixed relay event.

Career