Tarek Ayad ( ar, طارق فؤاد محمد كامل عياد; born 29 May 1984) is an Egyptian foil fencer, African champion in 2010. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed in the individual event, but was defeated in the table of 32 by Russia's

Aleksey Cheremisinov Aleksey Borisovich Cheremisinov (russian: Алексей Борисович Черемисинов; born 9 July 1985) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer, two-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, 2014 individual ...

. He originally took up fencing in 1993, after being encouraged by his brother's friend. He competed at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, losing to eventual champion

Daniele Garozzo Daniele Garozzo (; born 4 August 1992) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer. Garozzo is a 2022 team European champion, two-time individual European champion, and four-time team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Garozzo is a 2021 individ ...

in the last 32. He has also won silver and bronze medals at World Cup events.

References

Egyptian male foil fencers Living people Olympic fencers for Egypt Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Alexandria Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian people 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople 1984 births {{Egypt-fencing-bio-stub