Lina Heleika
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| Full name | Lina Fathy Mohamed Kamal Fathy Heleika[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 2010 Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Egypt (2024-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sofia Sport Dubai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Olga Lobas[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lina Heleika (Arabic: لينا حليقة; born 6 September 2010) is an Egyptian rhythmic gymnast.[3] She represents Egypt in international competitions. She is the 2025 Junior World silver medalist with ribbon.
Personal life
Her mother, Dina Salem, is a founder of Sofia Gymnastics Club in Dubai, where Lina's family lives.
Career
Junior
In 2023, she competed at Junior Mediterranean Championships in Italy and won bronze medal in team competition with Alia Ahmed.
In 2024, she competed at African Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, and won gold in team and ribbon and silver medals in all-around, hoop, ball and clubs.[4]
In 2025, she competed at Irina Deleanu Cup, where she took 5th place with ball and 10th place with ribbon.[5] She represented Egypt at the 2025 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, alongside Farida Bahnas and junior group. They took 12th place in team competition. She took 17th place in ball and won silver medal in ribbon final.[6]
Senior
In 2026, she debuted as a senior at Gymnastik International in Fellbach Schmiden, taking 7th place in all-around.[7] In March, she made her World Cup at Sofia World Cup, placing 52nd in all-around. In April, she was 41st in all-around at Tashkent World Cup.[8] In May she was selected for the African Championships in Tshwane, winning silver in the All-Around and gold in teams with Farida Bahnas. She also won gold medals in all apparatus finals but ball, where she won silver.[9] In June, she took 15th place in all-around at Beijing World Challenge Cup. She also made history, by qualifying to her first World Cup apparatus final (with ribbon), where she finished 8th, being the first Egyptian rhythmic gymnast to achieve this.[10] In July, she took 53rd place in all-around at Milan World Cup. In August, she was selected to represent Egypt alongside Farida Bahnas at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. She ended on 49th place in all-around qualifications. She also represented Egypt at the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy, and ended on 12th place in all-around qualifications.
Achievements
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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| 2026 | Hoop | Happy Birthday by Tempo |
| Ball | Carmen (Remix) by Michelle Minke, James Noble | |
| Clubs | Berghain by Rosalía | |
| Ribbon | Andrew Jarod Smith, BMI | |
| 2025 | Hoop | |
| Ball | Clash by Scylla & Sofiane Pamart | |
| Clubs | Childhood (Immortal Version), Immortal Megamix by Michael Jackson | |
| Ribbon | Live Die Repeat by Ghostwriter |
References
- ↑ "Lina Fathy Mohamed Kamal Fathy HELEIKA - Athlete Detail". taranto2026.microplustimingservices.com. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "The energy is electric!✨ Welcome to Sofia Gymnastics Club, Head Coach Olga Lobas ! Let's make some magic happen!". Instagram. 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "HELEIKA Lina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ↑ "2024 African Championships Junior Result Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-04-12.
- ↑ "24th Irina Deleanu Cup FIG & Non-FIG International Tournament". ksis.eu. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "لينا حليقة تتوج بفضية الشريط في بطولة العالم لناشئات الجمباز الإيقاعي" (in Arabic). 22 June 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Ergebnisse/Results - Gymnastik International". gymnastik-international.de (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Tashkent World Cup Results book (media)". www.gymnastics.sport. World Gymnastics. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ "Egypt dominates African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in South Africa". 3 May 2026. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ "لينا حليقة تواصل التألق في الجمباز الإيقاعي وتحصد المركز الثامن في "كأس التحدي العالمية" ببكين" (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "Congrats to our Rhythmic Gymnastics athlete, Lina Heleika, who achieved 8th place in the Ribbon Competition at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup 2026, held in Beijing, China".