Marwa Hussein

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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]

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	2nd	[2]
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	[3]
	Pan Arab Games	Irbid, Jordan	1st	58.97 CR[4]
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	[2]
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	61.64 CR[2]
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	9th
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	64.28 CR[3]
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	1st	66.14 CR[2]
	Pan Arab Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	62.78 CR[4]
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	9th
2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Marwa Hussein

1. ^ Egyptian athletics records
2. ^ ^{a b c d} All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
3. ^ ^{a b} All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
4. ^ ^{a b} Pan Arab Games - GBR Athletics