At the 2008 Olympics, she competed both as an individual and in the Egyptian team, losing in the first round to the Netherlands' Indra Angad-Gaur and the team lost in the first round to Russia.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's foil, and was defeated 9-15 in the first round.
The Egyptian women's team that she was part of also lost in the first round.
Her sister Shaimaa El-Gammal was also an Olympic fencer, who competed in the 2000 Olympics, 2004 Olympics, 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics.