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Ahmed Fayez

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)
  • 9th place, Dublin Satellite World Cup (2016)

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:

  • 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)
PAN ARABIAN GAMES (3 GOLD)
  • Gold medal in the Pan Arab Games senior in QATAR 2011
  • 2 Gold medals in the Pan Arab Games Teams in EGYPT 2007 & QATAR 2011
  • Silver medal in the Pan Arab Games in EGYPT 2007
OLYMPIC GAMES
  • RIO 2016 – 14th place
  • London 2012 – 24th place
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Junior World Championship in Jordan, 2011 – 2nd place, silver medal
  • Cadet World Championship in Italy, 2008 – 1st place, gold medal
  • Junior World championship in South Korea, 2006 – 8th place in teams Pan Mediterranean Games
  • Senior Pan Mediterranean games in Turkey, 2013 – 8th place
GRAND PRIX
  • Senior Grand Prix in RIO, 2016 – 7th place
  • Senior Grand Prix in Qatar, 2014 – 20th place
  • Senior Grand Prix in Qatar, 2013 – 20th place
MEDITERRANEAN COMPETITION
  • Junior Mediterranean competition in Lebanon, 2011 – 1st place,, gold medal
  • Junior Mediterranean competition in Tunisia, 2008 – 2nd place , silver medal
  • Cadet Mediterranean competition TEAMS in Tunisia, 2008 – 2nd place, silver medal
  •  Junior Mediterranean competition in Tunisia, 2006 – 5th place
  • Junior Mediterranean competition in Italy, 2007 – 7th place
  • Junior Mediterranean competition in Egypt, 2005 – 15th place
WORLD CUP
  • Senior World Cup TEAMS In Germany, 2013 – 14th place
  • Senior World Cup TEAMS In France, 2013 – 20th place
  • Junior World Cup in Portugal, 2011 – 1st place gold medal
  • Junior World Cup in Spain, 2009 – 12th place
  • Junior World Cup in Slovakia, 2010 – 12th place
  • Junior World Cup in Egypt, 2005 – 5th place
FENCING TRAINING

Ayman Fayez

AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIP (12 GOLD)
  • 2 Gold medals in the Senior African Championship in SENEGAL 2009 & Morocco 2012
  • 9 Gold medals in the Senior African Championship Teams in MOROCCO 2008, SENEGAL 2009, TUNISIA 2010, EGYPT 2011, Morocco 2012, South Africa 2013,Egypt 2014,Egypt 2015 & Algeria 2016.
  • Gold medal in the Junior African Championship in SOUTH AFRICA 2010
  • 4 Silver medals in the Senior African Championship in MOROCCO 2008, EGYPT
  • 2011, Egypt 2014 & Algeria 2016.
  • Bronze medal in the Senior African Championship in South Africa 2013
  • 5th place in the Senior African Championship in TUNISIA 2010.
  • Gold Medal In African zonal qualifications for 2016 Olympic games Algeria 2016.
FENCING TRAINING

Sherif Fayez

NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT:

Member of the Egyptian Epee National Team of Fencing (11 Gold Medals, 27 Final Medals)

  • 1st – Egyptian Cup Cadet Individual 5/11/2010
  • 1st – Egyptian National Competition Cadet Team 14/2/2010
  • 1st – Egyptian National Competition Junior Team 7/5/2011
  • 1st – Egyptian National Competition Cadet Team 19/11/2011
  • 1st – Egyptian Cup Junior Individual 2/12/2011
  • 1st – Egyptian Cup Junior individual 8/2/2013
  • 1st – Egyptian National Competition Junior Individual 15/3/2013
  • 1st – Egyptian National Competition Junior Team 16/3/2013
  • 1st – Egyptian Cup Junior Individual 31/10/2013
  • 1st – Egyptian Cup Senior Team 20/9/2014
  • 1st – Egyptian Cup Senior Individual 19/5/2017
  • 2nd – Egyptian Cup Junior Individual 22/11/2013
  • 2nd – Egyptian Cup Junior Individual 26/9/2014
  • 2nd – Egyptian National Competition Senior Individual 24/4/2015
  • 3rd – Egyptian National Competition Cadet Team 23/4/2011
  • 3rd – Egyptian National Competition Junior Team 28/4/2012
  • 3rd – Egyptian National Competition Senior Team 18/5/2013

INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT:

5 GOLD MEDALS, 13 FINAL PLACEMENTS

  • 1st – African Championship-South Africa Cadet Individual 10/12/2010
  • 1st – African Championship-Algeria Cadet Individual 28/12/2012
  • 1st – African Championship-Egypt Junior Team 4/3/2014
  • 1st – African Championship-Algeria Junior Team 8/2/2015-6/3/2015
  • 1st – African Games-Congo Senior Team 30/8/2015-7/9/2015
  • 2nd – African Championship-Algeria Junior Individual 27/12/2012
  • 3rd – World Cup-Kuwait Junior Team 2/10/2014-6/10/2014
  • 5th – Mediterranean Championship-Lebanon Junior Individual 29/1/2011
  • 6th – African Championship-Egypt Junior Individual 2/3/2014
  • 6th – World Cup-Kuwait Junior Individual 2/10/2014-6/10/2014
  • 6th – World Cup-Italy Junior Team 6/3/2015-9/3/2015
  • 8th – African Championship-South Africa Junior Individual 11/12/2010
  • 8th – World Championship-Germany Senior Team 18/7/2017-27/7/2017
FENCING TRAINING

Nada Mostafa

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:

  • *2006 6th place senior African championships
    (cairo-Egypt )
  • *2007 world youth championships 5th place team relay (South Africa )
  • *2007 8th open championships youth (Poland )
  • *Bronze medal in the youth modern pentathlon World championships 2007 (South Africa )

Fencing:

  • *Bronze medal at the African senior championships team event 2013 Cape Town -South Africa
  • *Bronze medal in senior pan Arab games 2011
  • *top 8 senior African championships 2013
FENCING TRAINING

Esmail Khairat

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)