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SAMANDI Mohamed

Rank-
Pts0.000
Age38
HandR
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Personal Information

Residence London, ENG

Occupation Information Technology

Languages Arabic, English, French

Higher education Information Technology - National Institute of Applied Science and Technology [INSAT]: Tunis, TUN

License number 13081986003

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
Zone Championships2349
Alger (ALGERIA), 2007-07-12Tunis (TUNISIA), 2010-09-25Cape Town (SOUTH AFRICA), 2013-06-26
Le Caire (EGYPT), 2014-06-20Le Caire (EGYPT), 2011-07-21Le Caire (EGYPT), 2015-06-12
Le Caire (EGYPT), 2017-06-08Alger (ALGERIA), 2016-04-15
Bamako (MALI), 2019-06-24
-123
Bucarest (ROMANIA), 2019-09-21Zagreb (CROATIA), 2019-10-19
Barcelone (SPAIN), 2019-10-26

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at school at age 10 in Tunisia.

Why this sport? He was inspired to join a fencing club after watching fictional swordsmen Zorro and The Three Musketeers on television. "The atmosphere was very competitive, which helped me to improve quickly. I was lucky to have an amazing Russian coach when I was young."

Club / Team ZFW Fencing Club [ENG] / BLR 92 [FRA]:

Name of coach Ziemek Wojciechowski [club], POL

General Interest

Nicknames Med (Facebook profile, 14 Jun 2020)

Sporting philosophy / motto "The fencing community is cultured and educated. We share not only the passion of the sport, we also learn from each other. We are like a small family." (zfw-fencing.co.uk, 13 Jul 2021)

Famous relatives His sister Sondes and his twin brother Hichem have represented Tunisia in fencing. Hichem competed in individual sabre at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and claimed team sabre silver at the 2019 African Championships in Bamako, Mali, and the 2019 African Games in Sale, Morocco. Sondes was ranked 69th in individual foil at the 2002 World Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Apr 2022; lapresse.ca, 02 Dec 2014)

Other information BALANCING SPORT AND WORK
Alongside fencing he works as a software engineer. In 2021, he temporarily stepped away from the role to train for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Balancing between my professional life as a software engineer and my sport life has been my main challenge." (zfw-fencing.co.uk, 13 Jul 2021; Facebook profile, 11 Apr 2021)

Statistics

rank
points
season
28th (S)
49.500
2020/2021
38th (S)
40.000
2019/2020
40th (S)
35.500
2018/2019
71st (S)
22.500
2017/2018
31st (S)
48.000
2016/2017
42nd (S)
43.500
2015/2016
42nd (S)
40.000
2014/2015
33rd (S)
50.000
2013/2014
47th (S)
32.000
2012/2013
51st (S)
33.000
2011/2012
34th (S)
46.000
2010/2011
46th (S)
58.000
2009/2010
67th (S)
32.000
2008/2009
73rd (S)
28.000
2007/2008
36th (S)
64.000
2006/2007
320th (J)
2.000
2005/2006
35th (J)
38.000
2004/2005
97th (J)
16.000
2003/2004

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