Dr. Amr Al-Haddad, minister’s assistant for sports development, as a Representative of Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, and Dr. Hayaa Khattab, Head of the Paralympic Committee, welcomed the delegation of the Egyptian Paralympic Weightlifting Team after winning first place in the Fazza International Para Powerlifting Championship held from 6th to 13th of February 2019.

Dr. Hayaa Khattab expressed her thanks to the minister of youth and sports, Dr. Ashraf Sobhy and his continuous support for people with special abilities and all sports delegations.

The players of the Egyptian Paralympic team expressed their happiness with the level they reached, and added that their goal is always to raise the Egyptian flag in any competition.

They concluded that Egypt has a great reputation in the Paralympics sports and that the support they perceived helped them reach this level.

The national team won the first place and the Cup of the championship and snatched fifteen medals: twelve gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal