Aliaa Saleh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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علياء صالح | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Giza, Egypt | 4 August 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Cairo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2018-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gezira Sporting Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Noha Hossam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aliaa Saleh (Arabic: علياء صالح; born 4 August 2004)[1] is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast. She will represent Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a 11-time African champion, including a two-time African all-around champion (2022, 2024).
Saleh was born on 4 August 2004 in Giza. Before gymnastics, she tried tennis and swimming.[2]
Saleh debuted internationally as a junior at the 2018 African Championships in Cairo. She won medals in every event: gold with the team, hoop, and clubs, silver in the all-around and with ball, and bronze with ribbon.[3] In 2019, she was selected for the inaugural Junior World Championships in Moscow.[4] Egypt was 23rd in the team competition, and Saleh finished 16th with the ball and 46th with clubs.[5]
Saleh became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2020. At the 2020 African Championships in Sharm el-Sheikh, she won gold with the Egyptian team and silver with the ball.[6] She had the third-highest score in the all-around, but she did not receive the bronze medal due to the two-per-country rule, finishing behind Habiba Marzouk and Mariam Selim.[7]
In 2022, she took part in the Baku World Cup, finishing 35th in the all-around.[8] In June she competed at the African Championships in Cairo, where she won gold with the team, in the all-around,[9] and with ball and ribbon.[10] Additionally, she won two silver medals with hoop and clubs.[11][12] In September, she was selected for the World Championships in Sofia. She finished 45th in the all-around during the qualification round.[13]
Saleh started the 2023 season by taking part in the Sofia World Cup, finishing 34th in the all-around.[14] At the 2023 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moka, she won gold with the Egyptian team and with the ball,[15][16] and silver in the all-around behind teammate Habiba Marzouk and with the hoop behind Angola's Luana Gomes.[17][18] At the Pharaoh’s Cup in Cairo, she won the silver medal in the ball final behind American Lili Mizuno, and she won the bronze medal in the ribbon final.[19] She once again represented Egypt at the World Championships and finished in 52nd place in the all-around during the qualification round.[20]
At the Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix, Saleh finished 21st in the all-around.[21] She won the all-around title at the African Championships.[22] With this result, she received the continental berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[23][24] In the event finals, she won two additional gold medals with the hoop and ball,[25][26] a silver medal with the ribbon,[27] and a bronze medal with the clubs.[28]
As of 2024, Saleh is studying architectural engineering at New Giza University.[24]
Year | Event | Team | AA | HP | BA | CL | RB |
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Junior | |||||||
2018 | |||||||
African Championships | |||||||
2019 | |||||||
Junior World Championships | 23 | ||||||
Senior | |||||||
2020 | |||||||
African Championships | |||||||
2022 | Baku World Cup | 35 | |||||
African Championships | |||||||
World Championships | 45 | ||||||
2023 | Sofia World Cup | 34 | |||||
African Championships | 4 | 4 | |||||
Pharaoh’s Cup | 7 | 5 | |||||
World Championships | 52 | ||||||
2024 | Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix | 21 | |||||
African Championships |