Ghada Shouaa

Ghada Shouaa (Arabic: غادة شعاع‎; born September 10, 1973) is a retired Syrian heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal.

At Gothenburg in 1995, Shouaa also became world champion in Heptathlon. Also Syria's first World Champion in Athletics. She did not appear at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, but returned at Seville 1999, to win another world medal; this time being a bronze. Scoring a total of 6500 points, she finished behind Eunice Barber and Denise Lewis.

Heptathlon Results

 * 1) 1991 Tokyo - 24th
 * 2) 1993 Stuttgart - DNF
 * 3) 1995 Gothenburg - 1st (Gold)
 * 4) 1999 Seville - 3rd (Bronze)