About Malak El-Nasser
Born 1954. Malak El-Nasser is a Syrian athletics competitor.
Malak El-Nasser (; born January 19, 1954) is a Syrian Olympic athlete. She represented Syria in 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. She is the first Syrian woman ever to participate in the Olympics.
Olympic participation München 1972 El-Nasser the youngest and the only female participant for Syria in that tournament aged 18 years and 225 days then.
Athletics – Women's 800 metres – Round One El-Nasser failed to qualify the first round to semi-finals and finished last in her heat in round one.
+Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Lane Time 1 NijolÄ— SabaitÄ— 4 2:01.50 2 Abby Hoffman 5 2:01.57 3 Maria Sykora 7 2:01.82 4 Gisela Ellenberger 1 2:01.92 5 Maritta Politz 3 2:02.40 6 Margaret Coomber 2 2:02.99 7 Emesia Chizunga 6 2:19.22 - Malak El-Nasser 8 DNF
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Syrian Olympic athlete
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Malak El-Nasser was born on 19 January 1954.
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Malak El-Nasser is an athletics competitor.
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Malak El-Nasser is Syrian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Malak El-Nasser. https://biography.guide/malak-el-nasser/
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