Samah Khaled
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Samah Khaled |
| Born | 1 May 1992 Jordan |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
Samah Khaled (Arabic: سماح خالد; born 1 May 1992) is a Jordanian racing cyclist.[1] She has won 2 UCI events, gold at the 2011 Arab Games and placed third in the 2020 Dubai Women's Tour.
Career
In 2011, Khaled competed at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha, Qatar,[2] winning gold.[3] She was named Sportswoman of the Year in 2011 by the Jordan Olympic Committee.[3]
Khaled competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race and time trial in Florence.[4] She also competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.[5]
In 2018, Khaled won the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Gran Fondo World Series in Dubai.[6] In 2019, Khaled won the won the 100km Dubai 92 Cycle Challenge[7] and won the fourth Ride Ajman women's event.[8] In 2020, Khaled came third in the Dubai Women's Tour, placing first in the second stage and picking up a 15-second bonus.[9][10][11][12]
Khaled joined Dubai Police Force as a Police trainer in February 2019.[7][2] For the 2021 competitive season, she was due to compete with the Dubai Police team for its first season at UCI level.[13] On 22 April 2021, Khaled tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone[7] and received a doping ban by the UCI until June 2025.[6][14] She retained her 2020 Dubai Women’s Tour result[6] and participated in the 2023 UAE Tour Women event, while still under suspension.[15]
Khaled returned to competition in June 2025, competing at the 2025 National Championships in Jordan, winning the event,[16] and at the Internationale Oderrundfahrt (NAT) in Brandenburg, Germany.[1]
Khaled has also represented the Bahrain national team.[2]
Major results
- 2020
- 3rd Overall Dubai Women's Tour
- 1st Stage 2[10]
References
- ^ a b "Samah Khaled". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Dajani, Haneen. "Dubai Police trainer wins 100km cycling challenge". The National. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "KHALED Samah Mohammad Mustafa". www.incheon2014ag.org (in Korean). Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Profile". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ a b c Mitchell, Mathew (7 February 2023). "Looking back at the last time the women's peloton raced in the Middle East - the Dubai Women's Tour 2020 -". ProCyclingUK.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Dubai Police's Khaled provisionally suspended for doping violation". Reuters. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "500 cyclists take part in Ajman tournament". Khaleej Times (Dubai). 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2025 – via Free Online Library.
- ^ "Dubai Women's Tour: Tatsiana Sharakova wins stage 3". Cyclingnews. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Dubai Women's Tour: Samah Khaled wins stage 2 and takes overall lead". Cyclingnews. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Riders avoid high-speed crash at barely-visible finish line in Dubai Women's Tour". Cycling Weekly. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Team UAE's Samah Khaled sprints to stage win in Dubai Women's Cycle Tour". The National. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Kim de Baat gaat voor politieploeg uit Dubai koersen" [Kim de Baat will race for the police team from Dubai]. WielerFlits (in Dutch). WielerFlits B.V. 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
Naast De Baat wordt de ploeg gevormd door Samah Khaled (Jordanië), Makkhabat Umutzhanova, Akpeiil Ossim (beiden uit Kazachstan), Olga Shekel (Oekraïne), Ebtissam Zayed (Egypte) en Megan Chard (Groot-Brittannië). [Besides De Baat, the team consists of Samah Khaled (Jordan), Makkhabat Umutzhanova, Akpeiil Ossim (both from Kazakhstan), Olga Shekel (Ukraine), Ebtissam Zayed (Egypt) and Megan Chard (Great Britain).]
- ^ "Samah Khaled (Dubaï Police) suspendue par l'UCI". L'Équipe (in French). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Mitchell, Mathew (6 February 2023). "UAE Tour Women 2023 Race Preview -". Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "National Championships Jordan WE - Road Race 2025 One day race results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
External links
- Samah Khaled at ProCyclingStats