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| ABOUELKASSEM Alaaeldin |
| NOC |
Egypt
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| Gender | Men |
| Born |
25 Nov 1990
in Sétif, ALG
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| Height | 1.88 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
| Handedness |
Left |
Further Personal Information |
| Occupation |
Athlete |
| Residence |
Cairo, EGY |
General Interest |
| Injuries |
He injured his left shoulder in the first period of the individual foil final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which meant he required a medical break of 10 minutes. He ended up winning the silver medal. (ahram.org.eg, 01 Aug 2012; egypttoday.com, 01 Aug 2012) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Why this sport? |
He did not like the combat aspect of karate and felt swimming was too difficult. He loved fencing. "It's a sport that depends on intelligence and technique, not only on force." |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
At age eight he stopped playing other sports to pursue fencing at the Al-Selah Al-Sakandry club in Alexandria, Egypt. |
General Interest |
| Other information |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a member of the International Fencing Federation [FIE] athletes' commission. In 2022 he began serving as sporting director of the Egyptian Fencing Federation. (almasryalyoum.com, 13 Apr 2023; Egyptian Fencing Federation Facebook page, 17 Jan 2022; fie.org, 07 Oct 2017)
HERITAGE
Born in Setif, Algeria, to an Egyptian father and an Algerian mother, he moved to Egypt at age four. (youm7.com, 17 Jan 2022; Facebook page, 07 Jun 2019) |
| Awards and honours |
He and taekwondoka Hedaya Malak were flag bearers for Egypt at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 23 Jul 2021; alwafd.news, 23 Jul 2021)
In January 2013 he was given the Emerging Athlete award at the Creative Sports Awards. (sport360.com, 07 Jan 2013)
He has been presented with the First Class Sports Medal in Egypt. (alaaeldinabouelkassem.com, 15 Sep 2019) |
Further Personal Information |
| Languages |
Arabic, English, French |
| Higher education |
Engineering - Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport: Egypt |
Sport Specific Information |
| Club / Team |
El Shams Club: Cairo, EGY |
General Interest |
| Milestones |
He became the first fencer representing an African nation to win a medal at the Olympic Games when he claimed silver in individual foil at the 2012 Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Jun 2019; aubervilliers.fr, 05 Jan 2015) |
| Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning silver in individual foil at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (FIE Fencing YouTube channel, 14 Oct 2020) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Name of coach |
Mostafa Nehad [national] |
| Olympic Games |
| 2020 |
Quarterfinal |
Individual Foil |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2020 |
8 |
Team Foil |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 |
Final 7-8 |
Team Foil |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2012 |
2 |
Individual Foil |
London, England |
| World Championships |
| 2022 |
6 |
Individual Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2022 |
8 |
Team Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2011 |
5 |
Individual Foil |
Catania, Italy |
| African Championships |
| 2023 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2023 |
2 |
Individual Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2022 |
1 |
Individual Foil |
Casablanca, Morocco |
| 2022 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Casablanca, Morocco |
| 2019 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Bamako, Mali |
| 2019 |
1 |
Individual Foil |
Bamako, Mali |
| 2018 |
1 |
Individual Foil |
Tunis, Tunisia |
| 2018 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Tunis, Tunisia |
| 2017 |
1 |
Individual Foil |
Alexandria, Egypt |
| 2017 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Alexandria, Egypt |
| 2016 |
1 |
Individual Foil |
Algiers, Algeria |
| 2015 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2015 |
5 |
Individual Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2014 |
3 |
Individual Foil |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2010 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Tunis, Tunisia |
| 2009 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Dakar, Senegal |
| 2008 |
1 |
Team Foil |
Casablanca, Morocco |
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