Hedaya Malak

Hedaya Malak Wahba

Malak at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	هداية ملاك وهبة
Nationality	Egyptian
Born	(1993-04-21) 21 April 1993 (age 24) Cairo, Egypt
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	–57 kg
Coached by	Rossindo Alonso
Medal record Representing  Egypt Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg African Games 2011 Maputo -57 kg 2015 Brazzaville -57 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin -67 kg World Taekwondo Grand Prix 2015 Moscow -57 kg 2015 Mexico City -57 kg African Championships 2016 Port Said -57 kg 2014 Tunis -57 kg Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong -62 kg

Hedaya Malak Wahba (Arabic: هداية ملاك وهبة‎‎, born 21 April 1993) is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the 2012 and the 2016 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2016.

Malak took up taekwondo aged six, following her elder brother; she was joined by her younger brother. She ranked first in the Giza governorate championship before winning Egypt's championship at 14 years old.

At the London 2012 Olympics, she competed in the Taekwondo women's 57 kg and qualified for the quarterfinals by defeating Robin Cheong of New Zealand in the round of 16. She was defeated at the quarterfinals by Marlène Harnois of France.

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ranking third in the WTF Olympic Rankings as of December 2015. Malak passed through the early rounds, defeating Doris Patiño and Mayu Hamada before losing out in the semifinals to Eva Calvo of Spain. Malak then won the bronze medal after defeating Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the Repechage.