Tarek Ayad
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| Full name | Tarek Fouad Muhammad Kamil Ayad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1987 Alexandria, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Egyptian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weapon | foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Sharif al-Bakri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "London2012.com". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ^ a b c "Fencer - AYAD Tarek - EGYPT - FIE - International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ "Tarek Ayad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Garozzo glitters to give Italy foil gold". International Olympic Committee. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-12-26.