Ahmed Farid Abou-Shadi ( ar, أحمد فريد أبو شادي; born 28 November 1909, date of death unknown) was an Egyptian sabre fencer who competed in the individual and team sabre events at the

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and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He was born in

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, Egypt. He competed at the age of 42 years, 246 days in 1952, and holds the record as the oldest Egyptian Olympic fencer. He also competed at the

1951 Mediterranean Games The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the I Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Alexandria 1951, were the 1st Mediterranean Games. The Games were held for 15 days from 5 to 20 October 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, where 734 athlet ...

where he won a silver medal in the team sabre event.

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* 1909 births Year of death missing Egyptian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Egypt Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing {{Egypt-fencing-bio-stub