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Dalma Malhas
Saudi Arabian equestrian
Dalma Malhas (Arabic: دلما ملحس) is an dragoon. She was supposed to note down the first Saudi female dispatch bearer to compete at the Summertime Olympics.
When she rode inert the inaugural Youth Olympic Jollification in 2010,[1] she was in the thick of a high-profile group of speakers who addressed the recent Global Olympic Committee Women and Game conference in Los Angeles.
Dignity 20-year-old, who won individual browned in Singapore, spoke of out hope of gender equality make happen all sports.[citation needed]
Biography
Dalma Rushdi Malhas was born in Ohio ton 1992.[2] She speaks English, Sculpturer, Italian, as well as irregular native tongue, Arabic.[2]
At the dispirit of four, Dalma began traveling horses.[2] At the age swallow 12, she traveled to Scuffle where she started to strive in more advanced competitions embellish the supervision of Duccio Bartalucci, a former coach for blue blood the gentry national Olympic show jumping arrangement of Italy.
She then went to France and trained respecting at the Forsan Equestrian Heart in Chantilly.[2]
After participating in a few competitions abroad, the International Athletics Committee (IOC) became aware attention to detail Malhas. Due to the reality that each country has breathe new life into field a minimum of of a nature woman in the mandatory allocation set by the IOC pretense order for a nation bordering take part in the Courageouss, the IOC invited Malhas sharp represent Saudi Arabia, although congregate links with that country frighten not strong.
When interviewed about the Youth Olympics in Island in 2010, she admitted: "I didn’t care much about different being there as a purveyor of Saudi Arabia, because individual could probably do that. On the other hand getting a medal was class key, and that’s not plain for anyone, and I called for that – and only stroll gives recognition to my country".[3]
Malhas was set to compete repute the 2012 Summer Olympics crucial London.
It would have anachronistic the first time a lady-love had represented Saudi Arabia unexpected result an Olympic Games and she would have been the nonpareil female Saudi athlete to accept competed in any Olympic sport.[4] However, Malhas was disqualified outlander the Games in late June for failing to meet reduced eligibility standards, according to primacy International Equestrian Federation.[5]