Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem (Arabic: علاء الدين محمد السيد أبو القاسم; born 25 November 1990) is an Egyptian fencer who won a silver medal in the men's foil event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He took up fencing at the age of eight and, in 2008, began fencing internationally, winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships, as well as the Junior World Cup, before progressing to the senior level in 2011 and capturing bronze at the Fleuret de St-Petersbourg. Later that year, he earned gold medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events before progressing to the 2012 Summer Games, where he won Africa's first-ever Olympic fencing medal.
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Abouelkassem at the Challenge Revenu 2013
Personal information
Full name
Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem
Born
(1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 32) Sétif, Algeria
Abouelkassem was born on 25 November 1990[1] in Sétif, Algeria to an Egyptian father and an Algerian mother and moved to Egypt at the age of four. Growing up in Alexandria, he first became athletically involved in swimming and karate[2] before beginning his training in fencing at age of eight in the city's Al-Selah Al-Sakandry club. After successes in the sport at a young age, he was forced to give it up upon entering the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, as the program was too demanding for him to pursue engineering studies and fencing. He was soon re-discovered by his former coach, Mohamed El-Sayed, who nominated him to join the national team.[3]
Career
Abouelkassem's international career began in 2008, when he captured a gold medal in foil fencing at the African Junior Championships and bronze at the World Junior Fencing Championships in Italy, in addition to one third-place finish at the Junior Fencing World Cup. At the 2009 Junior Fencing World Cup, he earned another third-place win and followed up with gold one year later at the 2010 World Junior Fencing Championships. He earned his first World Cup medal as a senior, bronze, at the 2011 Fleuret de St-Petersbourg,[3] and captured gold at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events.[4]
Abouelkassem qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and entered the individual foil event in the round of 32, defeating American Miles Chamley-Watson 15-10. He had the same result against Peter Joppich of Germany and Andrea Cassarà of Italy in the round of 16 and quarterfinals, respectively, before moving on to defeat Choi Byung-Chul of South Korea 15-12 in the semi-finals. Abouelkassem lost the gold medal match 13-15 to Lei Sheng of China, but the silver medal he won was the first Olympic fencing medal for a competitor representing an African nation.[2][5] He also participated in the team foil event, where the British team eliminated the Egyptians by a score of 45-33 in the opening round.[6]
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Alaaeldin Mohamed El Sayed Abouelkassem Arabic علاء الدين محمد السيد أبو القاسم born 25 November 1990 is an Egyptian fencer who won a silver medal in the men s foil event at the 2012 Summer Olympics He took up fencing at the age of eight and in 2008 began fencing internationally winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships as well as the Junior World Cup before progressing to the senior level in 2011 and capturing bronze at the Fleuret de St Petersbourg Later that year he earned gold medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events before progressing to the 2012 Summer Games where he won Africa s first ever Olympic fencing medal Alaaeldin AbouelkassemAbouelkassem at the Challenge Revenu 2013Personal informationFull nameAlaaeldin Mohamed El Sayed AbouelkassemBorn 1990 11 25 25 November 1990 age 32 Setif AlgeriaNationalityEgyptianHeight1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Weight82 kg 181 lb SportCountryEgyptSportFencingWeaponfoilHandleft handedFIE rankingcurrent rankingMedal record Men s foilRepresenting EgyptOlympic Games2012 London FoilPan Arab Games2011 Doha Foil2011 Doha Team foilMediterranean Games2013 Mersin FoilAfrican Games2015 Brazzaville Foil2015 Brazzaville Team foil2019 Rabat Foil2019 Rabat Team foilEarly life EditAbouelkassem was born on 25 November 1990 1 in Setif Algeria to an Egyptian father and an Algerian mother and moved to Egypt at the age of four Growing up in Alexandria he first became athletically involved in swimming and karate 2 before beginning his training in fencing at age of eight in the city s Al Selah Al Sakandry club After successes in the sport at a young age he was forced to give it up upon entering the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport as the program was too demanding for him to pursue engineering studies and fencing He was soon re discovered by his former coach Mohamed El Sayed who nominated him to join the national team 3 Career EditAbouelkassem s international career began in 2008 when he captured a gold medal in foil fencing at the African Junior Championships and bronze at the World Junior Fencing Championships in Italy in addition to one third place finish at the Junior Fencing World Cup At the 2009 Junior Fencing World Cup he earned another third place win and followed up with gold one year later at the 2010 World Junior Fencing Championships He earned his first World Cup medal as a senior bronze at the 2011 Fleuret de St Petersbourg 3 and captured gold at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events 4 Abouelkassem qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and entered the individual foil event in the round of 32 defeating American Miles Chamley Watson 15 10 He had the same result against Peter Joppich of Germany and Andrea Cassara of Italy in the round of 16 and quarterfinals respectively before moving on to defeat Choi Byung Chul of South Korea 15 12 in the semi finals Abouelkassem lost the gold medal match 13 15 to Lei Sheng of China but the silver medal he won was the first Olympic fencing medal for a competitor representing an African nation 2 5 He also participated in the team foil event where the British team eliminated the Egyptians by a score of 45 33 in the opening round 6 At the 2013 Mediterranean Games Abouelkassem won a bronze medal in the individual foil 7 As of 2013 update he is coached by Paul Kantorsky of Poland 4 At the 2015 African Games he won gold medals in the men s individual and team foil events 8 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Gjerde Arild Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon Hilary Evans July 2012 Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Biography and Olympic Results Olympics Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 Retrieved 2012 07 31 a b علاء أبوالقاسم بطل أولمبي بخلطة مصرية جزائرية in Arabic Middle East Broadcasting Center 2012 08 08 Archived from the original on 2012 08 06 Retrieved 2012 08 06 a b سلامة أحمد 2012 08 01 اللاعب المصري علاء السيد أول أفريقي و عربي يحرز ميدالية أولمبية في رياضة سلاح الشيش in Arabic Sport Free Archived from the original on 2013 01 12 Retrieved 2012 08 03 a b Fencing Sport Related Information Sports Arab Games Doha December 2011 Archived from the original on 2012 05 15 Retrieved 2012 07 31 Badr Doaa Maher Hatem 2012 08 01 Fencing Egypt s Abouelkassem makes history after stunning progress Al Ahram Retrieved 2012 08 01 Maher Hatem 2012 08 05 Egypt s silver medallist fencer apologises after team defeat Al Ahram Retrieved 2012 08 06 Eskrimde Italyan firtinasi in Turkish CNNTurk com 2013 06 24 Retrieved 2013 06 30 Fencing medal table and full results 2015 African Games 2015 09 06 Archived from the original on 2015 09 11 Retrieved 2015 09 22 Olympic GamesPreceded byAhmed El Ahmar Flag bearer for Egypt2020 Tokyowith Hedaya Malak Succeeded byIncumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alaaeldin Abouelkassem amp oldid 1134870542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
