Tarek Ayad

Tarek Ayad
Personal information
Full name Tarek Fouad Muhammad Kamil Ayad
Born (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987
Alexandria, Egypt
Weapon(s) foil
Hand right-handed
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
National coach(es) Sharif al-Bakri
FIE ranking current ranking

Tarek Ayad (Arabic: طارق فؤاد محمد كامل عياد; born 29 May 1984) is an Egyptian foil fencer,[1] African champion in 2010.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the individual event, but was defeated in the table of 32 by Russia's Aleksey Cheremisinov.[3] He originally took up fencing in 1993, after being encouraged by his brother's friend.[2] He competed at the 2016 Olympics, losing to eventual champion Daniele Garozzo in the last 32.[4] He has also won silver and bronze medals at World Cup events.[2]

References

  1. London2012.com
  2. 1 2 3 "Fencer - AYAD Tarek - EGYPT - FIE - International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  3. "Tarek Ayad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. "Garozzo glitters to give Italy foil gold". International Olympic Committee. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
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