Sherine El-Zeiny

Sherine El-Zeiny
Full nameSherine Ahmed El-Zeiny
Nickname(s)Sherry, Szeiny
Born (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Netherlands
(2004–2006)
Egypt
(2007–2018)
ClubSV Pax Haarlemmermeer
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
African Games
2007 Algiers All-around
2007 Algiers Floor exercise
2007 Algiers Team
2007 Algiers Balance beam
African Championships
2009 Cairo Team
2009 Cairo All-around
2009 Cairo Vault
2009 Cairo Uneven bars
2012 Tunis Team
2016 Algiers Team
2016 Algiers All-around
2009 Cairo Balance beam
2012 Tunis Floor exercise

Sherine Ahmed El-Zeiny (Arabic: شيرين أحمد الزيني; born 23 February 1991)[2] is a Dutch-Egyptian artistic gymnast. Born in the Netherlands, El Zeiny trained all of her gymnastics career in the Netherlands, but she competed for her mother's homeland Egypt in numerous international tournaments since 2007, including three editions of the Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). Representing Egypt, she won nine gold medals at the African Games and African Championships between 2007 and 2016. These include two team gold medals at the African Championships, in 2012 and 2016.

Early life

El-Zeiny was born on 23 February 1991, in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, to Egyptian parents. Her mother, Eman Roshdy, played tennis, and her father, Ahmed El-Zeiny, played squash. She began taking gymnastics classes regularly at the age of six after a trainer at her school gym noticed her talent.[3]

Gymnastics career

El-Zeiny competed for the Netherlands at the 2004 Junior European Championships and finished sixth with the team.[4] She left the Dutch national team to represent Egypt in 2007 at the advice of her coach, who believed she would have a better chance at competing at the Olympic Games for Egypt. She made her debut for Egypt at the 2007 All-Africa Games and won four medals, including the all-around title.[3] At the 2007 World Championships, she finished 91st in the all-around qualifications.[5]

El-Zeiny represented Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics, becoming the country's first female Olympian in artistic gymnastics.[6][7] There, she finished 61st in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into any finals.[8] At the 2009 World Championships, she finished 46th in the all-around qualifications, setting the record for the best World all-around finish for Egypt in women's gymnastics.[9][10]

El-Zeiny helped Egypt win the team title at the 2012 African Championships, and she won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[11] She then represented Egypt at the 2012 Summer Olympics. During the qualifications, she injured her ACL during her floor routine and was unable to complete the competition.[12][13] After the Olympic Games, she had surgery to repair to injury, and she missed two years of competition.[14]

El-Zeiny returned to training nine months before the 2015 World Championships, but one week before the competition, she lost 90% of her vision due to an inflammation of the nerves in her eye and was hospitalized for three days.[14] She still competed, but she finished behind Farah Boufadene of Algeria and all three South African gymnasts and thus did not earn a continental representation berth for the 2016 Olympic Games.[15]

El-Zeiny won the all-around title at the 2016 African Championships and helped Egypt win the team title.[16] Although she originally did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Africa declined to accept to continental representation berth, and it was reallocated to El-Zeiny.[17] At the Olympics, she scored a personal-best 53.232 in the all-around and placed 39th in the qualifications.[15]

El-Zeiny competed at the 2017 World Championships and finished 36th in the all-around qualifications, breaking her own record for the best female Egyptian all-around finish at a World Championships.[10] She competed with the Egyptian team that finished fourth at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[18] This was the final competition of her career.[19]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2004
European Championships 6
Senior
2007
All-Africa Games
World Championships 91
2008
Olympic Games 61
2009
African Championships 5
World Championships 46
2011
World Championships 135
2012
African Championships 4
Olympic Games 53 82
2015
World Championships 119
2016
African Championships
Olympic Games 39
Dutch Team Championships
2017 Egyptian Championships
Dutch Championships 4
World Championships 36
2018 Mediterranean Games 4

References

  1. ^ "Sherine Elzeiny". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sherine El-Zeiny". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2013. Full name: Sherine Ahmed El-Zeiny / Original name: شيرين أحمد الزيني
  3. ^ a b Nawar, Maya (3 December 2015). "Sherine El-Zeiny: An Egyptian pushing the limits in women's gymnastics". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ "25th Women's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Amsterdam (NED) April 29 - May 2, 2004 Results Women's Juniors - Team Competition And Qualifications" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 29 April 2004. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ^ "40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 Results Women's Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Egypt in Artistic Gymnastics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. ^ Crumlish, John (28 June 2022). "Egyptian gymnasts making modern history as they target Paris 2024". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ^ "2008 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics Individual All-Around, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ^ "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships October 13 - 18, 2009 London (GBR) Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  10. ^ a b Hopkins, Lauren (9 October 2017). "The Record Breakers". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  11. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 April 2012). "2012 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  12. ^ Levy, Glen (10 August 2012). "Olympic Injuries in Action: When Athletes Play Through Pain". Time. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  13. ^ Mosselhi, Mohamad (30 July 2012). "Egypt's gymnastics duo knocked out of London Games". Ahram Online. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  14. ^ a b "ElZeiny Sherine - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  15. ^ a b Hopkins, Lauren (6 October 2016). "Celebrating the Olympic Veterans". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  16. ^ Nawar, Maya (4 May 2016). "2016 a bright year for Egypt's gymnasts". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  17. ^ Khaled, Mahmoud (10 May 2016). "Sherine El Zeiny qualifies for Rio Olympics". King Fut. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Women's Team competition Final Results". Tarragona 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Sherine El Zeiny". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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