Head Coach Ahmed Fayez has been coaching since 2008 and has developed and coached successful fencers in both Egypt and the United States.
Ever since taking up fencing since he was 10, he made Epee national team for six years in a row. Fayez received numerous Egyptian national medals. His top international results as a fencer are as follow:
⁃ 14th place, FIE World Cup (Egypt, 2006)
⁃ 18th place, FIE World Cup (Egypt, 2005)
⁃ 15th place, FIE World Cup (Egypt, 2004)
Since then, Coach Fayez has found passion and dedication into coaching and cultivating his students into top athletes. As an Egyptian national team coach, he worked with Olympic-level athletes. Some of his achievements as international coach include:
⁃ 9th place, Dublin Satellite World Cup (2016)
⁃ 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, Juniors’ Men’s Epee, African Championship (Cairo, 2014)
⁃ 1st place, Juniors’ Women’s Epee, African Championship (Cairo, 2014)
⁃ 1st place, Juniors’ Men’s Epee Team, African Championship (Cairo, 2014)
⁃ 2nd place, Juniors’ Men’s Epee Individual, FIE World Cup (Kuwait City, 2014)
⁃ 3rd place, Juniors’ Men’s Epee World Cup Teams, FIE World Cup (Kuwait City, 2014)
⁃ 9th place, Juniors’ Men’s Epee Team, FIE World Cup (Bratislava, 2014)
⁃ Gold Medal senior Men’s Epee Team African Championship (Cairo 2015)
*** Training course :
• General Syndicate of Sports Professions Certificate • Trainers workshops organized by Egyptian Fencing Federation • FIE training course under supervision of fencing master Tavi Zedaro of Romania • Training course at Institute of Professional Skills (1/24/2009 – 3/9/2009)
Junior World Cup on Egypt, 2005 – 11th place
Senior Grand Prix in Swiss, 2012 – 27th place
Senior Grand Prix in Swiss, 2012 – 27th place
Junior World Cup on Egypt, 2005 – 11th place
Member of the Egyptian Epee National Team of Fencing (11 Gold Medals, 27 Final Medals)
1st – African Championship-Algeria Junior Team 8/2/2015-6/3/2015
Coach Nada Mostafa began fencing at the age of seven through modern pentathlon. She has 12 years of fencing experience and was a member of the Egyptian National modern pentathlon team for 7 years.
She fenced competitively and became a National Epee champion for Junior, Youth-15 and Youth-13. She made the Egyptian National Fencing team for 4 years and participated in numerous international events such as world championships, World Cups, African and Arab championships.
She joined Elite (VA) 2021 as an assistant coach , she helped the team during the past year and achieved summer national Y-10 medal 2022
Pentathlon:
*Qualified 4 times to the final UIPM World Cup
Fencing:
Coach Esmail is a former Egyptian National team fencer with many years of experience as both a fencer and an international referee. He has also medaled in Egyptian National tournaments in all age groups and represented Egypt in world cups and Arab championships.
Playing Career Highlights:
• Achieved 9th place at cadet European circuit in Poland (2009).
• Secured 3rd place at the Arab Championship (2016).
• Topped the national ranking in 2012 and 2013.
• Earned the title of National Champion at the Egypt Cadet Tournament (2011).
• Achieved 3rd place at the Egypt Republic Cup – Cadet (2012).
• Achieved 2nd place at the Egypt Republic Cup – Senior (2015).
* international referee
Education:
Certified Fencing Coach
Egyptian Olympic Committee (2018)
