My Dream is worth it - حلمي يستاهل | Caroline Maher | TEDxCairoWomen
What happens if you spend your childhood working for a certain dream and it does not true?
Caroline Maher in an early age, chose to enter a combative sport crossing gender and cultural boundaries She put thousands of hours training, faced several injuries and went through harsh diets. Through the years of her athletic career, she represented Egypt in global contests gaining more than 130 trophies in 38 countries for various Regional, Arab, African, International and Francophone World Cup Championships. According to the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), Maher ranked third in 2009, sixth in 2010 and eleventh in 2011 as worldwide champion. She is also the first African female to be inducted in the Hall of Fame . Caroline also won several awards, such as outstanding academic and athletic achievement in school and University.In addition she was selected among Egypt’s top 10 athletes for three successive years by the Ministry of Sports. Earlier last year she has been chosen in the UN global campaign “Women of Achievement” highlighting achievements of outstanding women worldwide.
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