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
Bronze medal – third place2022 OranIndividual
NCAA Fencing Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Notre Dame UniversityIndividual
Silver medal – second place2023 Duke UniversityIndividual
Senior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Acapulco, MexicoIndividual
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2020 Aix-en-ProvenceIndividual
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 BudapestIndividual
Junior African Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Ivory Coast
Gold medal – first place2018 Nigeria[1]
Gold medal – first place2019 Algeria[2]
Gold medal – first place2020 GhanaIndividual
Senior African Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 CairoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2019 Bamako[3]Individual
Gold medal – first place2019 BamakoTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 Casablanca[4]Individual
Gold medal – first place2022 CasablancaTeam
African Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 RabatIndividual
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatTeam

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]

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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