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| - Fact Check: Female Fencer Nada Hafez Seen in the Picture Is Not Indian, Fake Claim Viral
Fencer Nada Hafiz seen in the viral photo is from Egypt, not India. While she was seven months pregnant when she participated in the Olympics, she did not win any medals.
- By: Pallavi Mishra
- Published: Jan 27, 2025 at 07:02 PM
New Delhi (Vishvas News). A photo of a fencer is going viral on social media with claims that she is an Indian Olympian who won a gold medal while being seven months pregnant.
Vishvas News investigated the claim and found that the fencer in the image is Nada Hafez, who is from Egypt, not India. While it’s true that Hafiz competed in the 2024 Olympics being seven months pregnant, she did not win any medals during the event.
What is in the viral post?
Sharing the viral post on January 13, Instagram user writer.sakshi_ wrote, “Even after being 7 months pregnant, she won the Olympic gold medal for our country.”
See the archived version of the post here.
Investigation
To begin our investigation, we conducted a reverse image search of this photo. This led us to several reports identifying the woman in the photo as Nada Hafez, an Egyptian fencer. According to these reports, she was seven months pregnant when she participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics. According to the news published on Times Of India’s website on Aug 5, 2024, “In a remarkable display of determination and athleticism, two Olympians revealed they competed while pregnant at the Paris Games, capturing the attention and admiration of the world. Egypt’s Nada Hafez, competing in fencing, disclosed she was seven months pregnant, and Azerbaijani archer Yaylagul Ramazanova shared she competed while six-and-a-half months pregnant, both achieving significant milestones.”
We also came across Nada Hafez’s Instagram post dated July 29, 2024, where she revealed that she was pregnant while participating in the Olympics.
In this post, she shared her picture with the caption: “What appears to you as two players on the podium, they were actually three! It was me, my competitor, & my yet-to-come to our world, little baby! My baby & I had our fair share of challenges, be it both physical & emotional. The rollercoaster of pregnancy is tough on its own, but having to fight to keep the balance of life & sports was nothing short of strenuous, however worth it. I’m writing this post to say that pride fills my being for securing my place in the round of 16! I’m lucky to have shared the trust of my husband @ibrahimihab11 and that of my family to be able to come this far. This specific Olympics was different; Three times *Olympian* but this time carrying a little Olympian one! !”
Nada Hafiz also shared details about her daughter’s birth in a post on October 14, 2024.
After searching the Olympics’ official website, we found that Nada Hafiz did not win any medals in any category at the 2024 Olympics.
For more information, we contacted Dainik Jagran’s sports editor Abhishek Tripathi, who confirmed that the woman in the picture is Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez. While it is true that she was seven months pregnant when she participated in the Olympics in 2024, she did not win any medals at that time.
The Instagram user writer.sakshi_, who shared the photo with the false claim has over 22000 followers.
Conclusion: Fencer Nada Hafiz seen in the viral photo is from Egypt, not India. While she was seven months pregnant when she participated in the Olympics, she did not win any medals.
- Claim Review : Indian Olympian won a gold medal while being seven months pregnant.
- Claimed By : Instagram user writer.sakshi_
- Fact Check : False
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