TOFALIDES Alex

Personal Information

Family Partner Sarah Khan

Residence London, ENG

Occupation Athlete, Coach, Director

Languages Arabic, English, French, Greek, Spanish

License number 13031993001

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Sport Specific Information

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

Why this sport? His mother signed him up to participate in fencing at his school. "I played other sports like football, tennis, and cricket but I found that I really enjoyed this [fencing] the most, and that's why I stuck with it."

Club / Team Fencers Club London: England

Name of coach Ben Peggs [personal], GBR

Handedness Left

General Interest

Nicknames Alex (zfw-fencing.co.uk, 24 Nov 2017)

Hobbies Travel. (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2022)

Memorable sporting achievement Qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games. (Facebook profile, 01 May 2024)

Most influential person in career His mother. (LinkedIn profile, 26 Apr 2021; Facebook profile, 01 May 2024)

Sporting philosophy / motto "The road to success has to have obstacles because at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better." (Facebook profile, 24 Oct 2017)

Other information REPRESENTING CYPRUS
Born in London, England, he initially represented Great Britain at international level including at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, Russian Federation. He began representing Cyprus in 2016. (FIE, 01 Jul 2018; parikiaki.com, 13 Dec 2016)

OCCUPATION
He serves as a director and coach at Inspion Sports, a fencing school based in London, England. "Inspion Sports was born out of my desire to teach fencing and pass on the many valuable life lessons learnt from competing at the highest level to future generations." (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2024; Inspion Sports Facebook page, 20 Oct 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In November 2021 he was appointed a member of the promotion and marketing commission of the European Fencing Confederation. (Cyprus Fencing Federation Facebook page, 01 Nov 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a bachelor's degree in classics at University College London in England, he earned a master's degree in political science and government from the London School of Economics and Political Science in England. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2024)