Mohamed Hamza

Mohamed Hamza (born 11 September 2000) is an Egyptian foil fencer who graduated from Princeton University. He competed for Egypt in both the men's team foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and men's foil individual and team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5][6][7]

Mohamed Hamza
Personal information
Born (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77.0 kg (169.8 lb)
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportFencing
Coached byMauro Hamza
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
2022 OranIndividual
NCAA Fencing Championships
2022 Notre Dame UniversityIndividual
2023 Duke UniversityIndividual
Senior World Cup
2023 Acapulco, MexicoIndividual
2023 Tokoname, JapanIndividual
Junior World Cup
2020 Aix-en-ProvenceIndividual
Junior World Championships
2019 BudapestIndividual
Junior African Championships
2017 Ivory Coast
2018 Nigeria[1]
2019 Algeria[2]
2020 GhanaIndividual
Senior African Championships
2023 CairoIndividual
2024 CasablancaIndividual
2024 CasablancaTeam foil
2019 Bamako[3]Individual
2019 BamakoTeam
2022 Casablanca[4]Individual
2022 CasablancaTeam
African Games
2019 RabatIndividual
2019 RabatTeam

He attended the Awty International School in Houston, Texas.[8]

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual foil event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[9]

In 2023, he won a gold medal in foil at both the African Fencing Championships,[10] and Acapulco World Cup,[11] and a silver medal in the NCAA Foil Fencing Championships.[12]

He is coached by his father, Mauro Hamza.[13]

References

  1. "FIE Junior African Championships". Safencer.
  2. "African Championships U17/U20". Fencingworldwide.
  3. "African Championships". engarde-service.
  4. "African Championships".
  5. "Mohamed Hamza". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
  6. "Mohamed Hamza". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  7. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION.
  8. "News Post". awty.org. 27 June 2016.
  9. "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. "International Fencing Federation". The International Fencing Federation official website.
  11. "International Fencing Federation". The International Fencing Federation official website.
  12. "Hamza Finishes Runner-Up as Tigers Stand Third Halfway Through NCAAs". BVM Sports. 24 March 2023.


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