His Excellency, The Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has honored the six Egyptian athletes who won medals at Tokyo Olympics.

Egypt won six medals in three different sports at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This year is the country’s largest number of medals in the history of the Olympic Games, winning: one gold, one silver and four bronze medals.

The gold was won by Feryal Ashraf (karate), while the silver medal was earned by Ahmed El-Gendy (Modern Pentathlon). The four bronze medals were won by Giana Farouk (Karate), Hedaya Malak & Seif Eissa (Taekwondo), and Mohamed "Kesho" El Sayed (Greco wrestling).

The Egyptian heroes and their coaches have received their honors from the President at the Presidential Palace Al-Ittihadiya in Cairo. According to the presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady, Al-Sisi praised the achievements made by the Egyptian delegation in the Olympics through winning medals and contributing to enhancing Egypt’s position in the international sports arena.

“[The president] affirmed his appreciation of Egypt’s athletic heroes, as they represent a role model for Egyptian youths in excellence, strong determination, and in exerting efforts to reach a goal,” Rady said.

Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly; Sports Minister, Ashraf Sobhy; and President of Egypt's Olympic Committee, Hesham Hattab were also in attendance, as well as the presidents of the winning federations; Sharif El-Erian, President of the Modern Pentathlon Federation and Secretary-General of the Egyptian National Olympic Committee (ENOC); Amr Selim, President of the Taekwondo Federation and board member of the ENOC; Mohamed El-Dahrawy, President of the Karate Federation, and Essam Nawar, President of the Wrestling Federation.

El-Sisi awarded the first-class order of sports to our karate champion, Feryal Ashraf, and her coach Hany Shaker Eshta. The 22-year-old champion, Feryal won the gold medal in the Kumite +61kg to become the first Egyptian woman to win gold in the history of Egypt at the Olympic Games.

The president also awarded the second-class order of sports to silver medalist pentathlete, Ahmed El- Gendy and his coach, El-Sayed Abdel-Rahman Aly.

Bronze medalists, taekwondo fighters Hedaya Malak and Seif Eissa, and their coaches were awarded the third-class sports orders.

Karateka, Giana Farouk - who also won the bronze - and her coach El-Sayed Mohamed Abdel-Regal, together with Greco-Roman wrestler, Mohamed "Kesho" El Sayed and his coach, El-Sayed Mohamed Ahmed were also awarded third-class sports orders.

In addition to the sports orders they received from the president, the Olympic-winning medalists have also cashed lucrative monetary prizes and a lifetime salary for their remarkable achievements from the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The gold medalist, Feryal, received a sum of 1.5 million EGP and a 3,500 monthly salary, while silver medalist El-Gendy cashed 1 million EGP and a 2,500 monthly salary, whereas the four bronze medalists have each received 750,000 EGP and a 2,000 monthly salary.

President El-Sisi called for providing Egyptian athletes of different age groups and in various sports with all the necessary facilities required for their training. In addition to providing them with all the needed support to ensure that they continue accomplishing further athletic achievements— revealing the importance to start preparing from now for the upcoming Olympics in Paris 2024.

President El-Sisi has also declared that some bridges, main roads, and axes are to be named after Feryal Ashraf and fellow Olympic champions in appreciation for their athletic achievements at the Tokyo Olympics.

Following the unprecedented achievement of Feryal, the President posted on his official Facebook account the following: “I am proud of my daughter … and of every Egyptian who raises Egypt's name high in international forums.”