Meral Abdelgawad
Meral Abdelgawad | |
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| Born | November 13, 1998 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player |
| Known for | Guard for Egyptian women's national basketball team and Al Ahly SC |
Meral Abdelgawad (born November 13, 1998) is a professional basketball athlete from Cairo, Egypt, specializing in the Guard position. She has represented both the Egyptian women's national basketball team and Al Ahly SC. Abdelgawad pursued her collegiate basketball career at Western Kentucky University in the United States. Her height is recorded at 6 feet 0 inches.
Youth career
During her tenure with the youth national squad, Meral Abdelgawad showcased notable performances:
- In the 2017 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, she achieved averages of 17.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and a 15.1 efficiency rating across seven contests.
- At the 2016 Afrobasket U18 Women’s Championship, her statistics included 14 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and an efficiency rating of 8.3 over six games.
- Her cumulative youth national team statistics reflect averages of 15.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and a 10.6 efficiency rating.
Senior national team
Abdelgawad has been a consistent contributor throughout various senior national team competitions:
- In the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket tournament, she averaged 14 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and posted a 14.7 efficiency rating over three matches.
- During the qualifiers for the same event in 2023, she participated in four games, recording averages of 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and a 9.8 efficiency score.
- At the 2021 FIBA Women's Afrobasket Zone 5 qualifiers, she delivered impressive outputs with averages of 15 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists, and a notable efficiency rating of 17.2 across five games.
- Combining the main event and qualifiers at the 2019 FIBA Women's Afrobasket, her scoring ranged from approximately 6.5 to 9 points per game while maintaining solid figures in assists and rebounds.
- In the course of eight games during the 2017 FIBA Women's Afrobasket tournament, she contributed averages of 11.1 points, 3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists with an efficiency rating of eight.
- Overall senior national team performance metrics average near 10.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3 assists per game alongside a cumulative efficiency rating of about 10.4.