Khalid Assar (born 10 December 1992) is an Egyptian

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. At the

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he competed in the Men's Singles where he lost to Wang Jianan of Congo in the preliminary round. He qualified to represent Egypt at the

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. His brother is fellow Olympian,

Omar Assar Omar Assar (born 22 July 1991 in Desouk) is an Egyptian table tennis player. He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defe ...

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* * * 1992 births Living people Egyptian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Egypt Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics African Games medalists in table tennis African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games silver medalists for Egypt African Games bronze medalists for Egypt Competitors at the 2015 African Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games Competitors at the 2023 African Games People from Desouk 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople {{Egypt-tabletennis-bio-stub