Hala Gezah

Hala Gezah (born September 17, 1989 in Tripoli) is a Libyan sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She was the only female athlete to compete for Libya at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Early life When she was a child, her father, a football player, encouraged her to be an athlete. She practices the Islamic faith.

Gezah's athletic training was interrupted after the dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, was overthrown. The political change interrupted communication with a local athletic federation and left the Libyan Olympic Committee without funds.

Her personal best recorded times in competition are 13.15 seconds in the 100 metres and 27.32 seconds in the 200 metres. Both results were recorded at Porto Novo on 27 June 2012 and 30 June 2012.