Egypt's Taekwondo Fighter Hedaya Malak defeated on Monday World No.6 Magda Henin 11-10 to reach the quarter- final of the -67kg in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The Egyptian fighter will face World No.3 Lauren Williams. The match will kick off on Monday.
Malak is Egypt's highest profile athlete at the Tokyo games; she is one of the two Egyptian delegation to have had a taste of glory following her bronze medal success at Rio 2016.
The other is Alaaeldin Abouelkassem, who won a fencing silver medal in the men's foil event at the 2012 Olympics.
Malak, 28, reached the Olympics in February 2020 after coming on top of a qualification tournament in Rabat, having overcome an ankle injury scare.
"Winning a medal at the Rio Games helped me avoid facing high-profile fighters in the qualifiers," the soft-spoken Malak said.
"I will keep training hard as I target winning another medal in the Tokyo Games."
Malak, world no.15 with 189.80 points, won the bronze medal in Rio in the women's -57kg category after beating Belgium's Raheleh Asemani by the golden kick.
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