Nancy Taman

Nancy Mohamed Ali Taman (born 15 November 1994; Alexandria, Egypt)^[1] is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. Taman earned two gold medals in the 2018 Mediterranean Games^[2][3] and the 2019 African Games^[4] and won a silver medal in the 2015 African Games.

Nancy Taman
Full name	Nancy Mohamed Ali Taman
Country represented	Egypt
Born	(1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 30) Alexandria, Egypt
Years on national team	2007–present (EGY)
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Egypt African Games 2019 Rabat Vault 2019 Rabat Team 2015 Brazzaville Team 2019 Rabat Floor Exercise African Championships 2012 Tunis Team 2018 Swakopmund Team 2018 Swakopmund Vault 2022 Cairo Team 2010 Walvis Bay Team 2012 Tunis Floor Exercise 2022 Cairo Vault 2023 Pretoria Team 2012 Tunis All-Around 2012 Tunis Vault 2018 Swakopmund Floor Exercise Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Vault FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Cup 0 0 1 World Challenge Cup 1 0 0

Gymnastics career

Taman started her gymnastics career in 1998 at the age of four. She made her international debut at the Gymnix International competition in 2007 as a member of the Egyptian Gymnastics Federation.^[5]

Taman was part of the team that participated in the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Tokyo, Japan, as well as the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Antwerp, Belgium where she placed fifth in vault. She placed sixth in the women's individual all-around final at the 2013 Mediterranean Games hosted in Mersin, Turkey.

She competed for Egypt at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Beijing, China. In 2015, Taman participated in three competitions; the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, the Challenge Cup in Croatia,^[6] and the 2015 African Games held in Congo where she won a silver medal.^[7][8] In 2018, Taman took part in the Osijek World Cup in Croatia. Later that year, she won a gold medal in vault at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.^[9][10]

In 2019, Taman competed at the African Games where she won gold medals in the vault and team all-around events and a silver medal in the floor exercise event.^[11]

In 2021, Taman competed at the Challenge World Cup in Cairo, winning the gold medal on vault.^[12] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she became the first gymnast from the African continent to qualify to an event final. She finished fourth in the vault competition.^[13]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Senior
2010
	African Championships
2011
	World Championships		144
2012
	African Championships
2013	Mediterranean Games	4	6	5		8
	World Championships					82
2014
	World Championships		113
2015
	All-Africa Games				5	4
	Osijek World Challenge Cup			4
	World Championships		138
2017	Egyptian Championships		6
2018
	African Championships
	Osijek Challenge Cup			8
	Mediterranean Games	4
	Szombathely Challenge Cup			6
	World Championships	25	91
2019
	African Games
	World Championships	24	128
2021	Cairo Challenge Cup
	Doha World Cup
	World Championships			4
2022	Cairo World Cup			8
	African Championships
	Paris Challenge Cup			6
	World Championships	22
2023	Baku World Cup			7
	African Championships

References

1. "Nancy Mohamed Taman". The Gymternet. 25 December 2015.
2. "Ahram Online - Egypt ranks 5th in 2018 Mediterranean Games as 3 more golds are added to the collection on Wednesday". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
3. "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
4. Musa, Developed By Heba. "القائمة الكاملة لميداليات مصر في دورة الألعاب الأفريقية بالمغرب". بوابة اخبار اليوم. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. "نانسي طمان: "الجمباز" لعبة صعبة.. والحصول على الذهبية أصعب ما يكون | المصري اليوم". www.almasryalyoum.com (in Arabic).
6. "لاعبة الجمباز تطلب تدخل وزير الرياضة لإعادة الحقيبة المفقودة". اليوم السابع. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
7. "نانسي طمان تحرز فضية فردي الجمباز في دورة الألعاب الأفريقية - بوابة الشروق". www.shorouknews.com (in Arabic).
8. "بعد حصدها "ذهبية الجمباز".. 7 معلومات عن البطلة المصرية نانسي طمان". honna.elwatannews.com.
9. "قصة صور.. نانسى طمان الفراشة الذهبية فى الجمباز". Youm7.
10. ""نانسي" الحائزة على ذهبية الجمباز.. قفزة "الفراشة" نحو الأولمبياد". masrawy.com.
11. "African Games (Gymnastics) Athlete Profile : TAMAN Nancy". www.jar2019.ma. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
12. "Nancy Taman has won the gold medal at the Cairo World Cup!".
13. https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=16634#loaded