Dina Hosny

Dina Hosny Abdel-Aziz (Arabic: دينا حسني‎; born 26 September 1983 in Cairo) is an Egyptian sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Egypt in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won two medals, a silver and bronze, at the African Championships.[1][3] Hosny trains under head coach Mohamed Fayek for the national shooting team, while serving full-time for the Egyptian Army.[1]

Dina Hosny
Personal information
Full nameDina Hosny Abdel-Aziz
Nationality Egypt
Born (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubEgyptian Army Shooting Club[1]
Coached byMohamed Fayek[1]

Hosny qualified for the Egyptian squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She managed to get a minimum qualifying standard of 377 from her runner-up finish at the African Championships to fill in one of the Olympic berths available for Egypt, after the Egyptian Shooting Federation had decided to exchange spots in her pet event with the unused quota from the women's air pistol.[1][4][5] Hosny fired a modest 391 out of a possible 400 to tie with four other shooters, including Switzerland's five-time Olympian Gaby Bühlmann, for twenty-seventh place in the qualifying round, failing to advance to the final.[6]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Dina Hosny". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dina Hosny". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Shooting for the Olympics". Al-Ahram Weekly. 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. "Egyptian fencers off to Athens". PanaPress. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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