Personal Information
Family Wife Mariam
Residence Detroit, MI, USA
Occupation Athlete
Languages Arabic, English
Higher education Mechanical Engineering - Wayne State University: Detroit, MI, USA
License number 13071998002
Club
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up the sport in 2013.
Why this sport? "I chose this sport because my father was an Egyptian national fencing team coach, and he encouraged me to start."
Handedness Right
General Interest
Most influential person in career His family, particularly his father. (yallakora.com, 28 Mar 2021)
Awards and honours While at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, United States of America, he earned First Team All-American honours for the 2018/19 season. (wsuathletics.com, 01 Jan 2024)
Famous relatives His younger brother Mohamed has represented Egypt in fencing, competing in individual epee at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. His father Sayed Samy has been a coach of the Egyptian national fencing team. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Jul 2024; Sports News Egypt Facebook page, 17 May 2019)
Ambitions To win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (thesouthend.wayne.edu, 12 Feb 2024)
Other information COLLEGIATE FENCING
In 2018 he began studying for a degree in mechanical engineering at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, United States of America. He then studied for a master's degree in the same subject at the university. "I knew that Wayne State has a great [fencing] team and a great coach, Jerzy Radz. So, I was sure I was going to accomplish many achievements under his supervision. When I arrived at Wayne State, I found so much support from my coach, teammates and athletics. They provided me with [everything] in every possible way to do well that season. It is a big challenge to compete for NCAA Division I, one of the world's most challenging competitions." (wsuathletics.com, 22 Mar 2024, 01 Jan 2022; thesouthend.wayne.edu, 12 Feb 2024; Facebook profile, 10 Dec 2021; bvmsports.com, 17 Nov 2020)
