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ESSAM Mohamed

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Rank55
Pts27.000
Age29
HandR
LicenseNot valid

Personal Information

Residence Cairo, EGY

Occupation Athlete

Languages Arabic, English

Higher education Logistics - Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport: Alexandria, EGY

License number 06121994001

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
Zone Championships-123
Cape Town (SOUTH AFRICA), 2013-06-26Le Caire (EGYPT), 2017-06-08
Tunis (TUNISIA), 2018-06-05
--11
Brazaville (CONGO), 2015-09-02
--11
Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS), 2018-09-08

Sport Specific Information

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

Why this sport? He wanted to pursue the sport from an early age.

Club / Team El Shams Club: Cairo, EGY

Name of coach Maher Hamza [national]; Valerio Aspromonte [national], ITA

Handedness Right

International Debut

Year 2010

Competing for Egypt

General Interest

Hobbies Football, reading, badminton. (Athlete, 14 May 2021, 25 Jun 2019)

Memorable sporting achievement Winning multiple gold medals at the African championships, and placing seventh in team foil at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 25 Jun 2019)

Most influential person in career His mother. (Athlete, 25 Jun 2019)

Hero / Idol Coach Ahmed Hassan. (albawaba.com, 23 Jun 2016)

Injuries He sustained an ankle injury in the early part of 2016. (dailynewsegypt.com, 23 Jun 2016)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Instagram profile, 26 May 2024)

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