Menna_Shaaban_Okila

Menna Shaaban Okila

Menna Shaaban Okila

Egyptian karateka (born 2000)

Menna Shaaban Okila (born 25 May 2000)[1] is an Egyptian karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[3][4]

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Okila won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.[5] She represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite +68 kg event.[6][7]

In October 2021, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus.[8][9] In December 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 African Karate Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[10] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[10]

Okila competed in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[11] She lost her first match against eventual silver medalist Milena Jovanović of Montenegro and she was then eliminated in the repechage by María Torres of Spain.[11]

Okila competed in the women's kumite +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[12] She lost each of her matches in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals.[12] In 2023, Okila won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13] She defeated Chehinez Jemi of Tunisia in her bronze medal match.[13]

In 2024, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[14]

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    "Olympians dominate Mediterranean Championships". World Karate Federation. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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    "2021 African Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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    "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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    "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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    "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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    "World Champion Youssef Badawy Lead Way to Gold on Opening Day of Karate at African Games in Accra". World Karate Federation. 8 March 2024. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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