Noha Yossry
Birth date7 February 1992 (age 34)
Birth placeCairo, Egypt
PlayingstyleRight-handed, classic[1]
Hrank574 (September 2008)[2]
Crank669 (March 2013)[2]
Show-medalsyes

Noha Yossry (Arabic: نهى يسري; born 7 February 1992 in Cairo) is an Egyptian table tennis player.[3] She won a silver medal, as a member of the Egyptian table tennis team, at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. As of March 2013, Yossry is ranked no. 669 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1] She was also mentioned on The Big Bang Theory TV show season 12 episode 2.

Yossry qualified for the women's singles tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 6 seeded players from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4][5][6] She lost the preliminary round match to Ukraine's Tetyana Sorochinskaya, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ITTF World Player Profile – Noha Yossry". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Ranking – Noha Yossry". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Noha Yossry". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ^ Marshall, Ian (22 July 2007). "African Olympic Games Qualifiers Named". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. ^ "African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled". Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.