| Ziad A. El-Sissy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 El-Sissy in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1994-12-15) 15 December 1994 (age 30) Alexandria, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tim Morehouse Fencing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ziad El-Sissy (born 15 December 1994) is an Egyptian fencer. He won the gold medal in the men's individual sabre event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. He represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
Ziad El-Sissy was born in Alexandria, Egypt to parents Aly and Manal El-Sissy. His father was a member of the Egypt men's national basketball team. He attended college at Wayne State University and ended his overall collegiate career with a 332–63 record, the most wins in program history.
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. El-Sissy got 14th place in Individual Men's Sabre and Egypt got 6th in Team Men's Sabre.
El-Sissy is married to squash player Nouran Gohar.
References
- "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- "Alumnus fencer makes first Olympic appearance, honors father's memory". Wayne State University. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023.
- "Ziad ELSISSY". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- "So you think you know Nouran Gohar?". thesquashsite.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
External links
- Wayne State Warriors bio
- Ziad El-Sissy at the International Fencing Federation
- Ziad El-Sissy at Olympics.com
- Ziad El-Sissy at Olympedia
Media related to Ziad Elsissy at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1994 births
- 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen
- African Games bronze medalists for Egypt
- African Games medalists in fencing
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Egyptian male sabre fencers
- Fencers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Living people
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt
- Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
- Olympic fencers for Egypt
- Sportspeople from Alexandria
- Wayne State Warriors fencers
- World Fencing Championships medalists
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Egyptian fencing biography stubs