Polina Fouda
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| Full name | Polina Fouda ‘Amru | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 2003 Latvia[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Egypt | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Polina Fouda ‘Amru (born 17 June 2003) is an Egyptian former group rhythmic gymnast. She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won three gold medals at the 2020 African Championships.
Career
Fouda became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2019 and joined the Egyptian senior national group. She competed at the 2020 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Sharm el-Sheikh, winning three gold medals in the general, in group 5 balls and in group 3 hoops + 2 clubs. Because of their continental group all-around title, Egypt qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group to the Olympic Games for the first time ever. This also marked the first time an African nation qualified for the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics group event.[2] She competed with the Egyptian group at the 2021 Baku World Cup, and they placed 13th in the group all-around. They did not advance into either apparatus final.[3] They won a gold medal in 5 balls at the 2021 Pharaohs Cup held in Cairo.[4]
Fouda was selected to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Login Elsasyed, Salma Saleh, Malak Selim, and Tia Sobhy. They finished thirteenth out of fourteen teams in the qualification round for the group all-around and did not advance into the final.[5]
Personal life
Fouda was born in Latvia but grew up in Egypt. She ended her gymnastics career after the 2020 Summer Olympics and moved to Enschede, the Netherlands, to study International Human Resource & Management at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences. She began coaching at a rhythmic gymnastics club in Enschede.[6]
References
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics FOUDA Polina - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Tokyo-bound Egyptian Rhythmic gymnasts sweep African Championships". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics Qualification Group" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. AGF Trophy 2021. 9 May 2021. p. 57. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Egyptian Pharaohs Cup 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG Event 16672 RGG Senior 18-19.06.2021 Cairo - Egypt" (PDF). Italian Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Ramlal, Shalinie (14 February 2025). "Ex-Olympiër helpt Enschedese meiden uit de brand" [Former Olympian helps Enschede girls out of trouble]. Indebuurt (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 August 2025.