Omar Elgeziry (born 20 January 1985) is an Egyptian

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. He also had brothers who are pentathletes, namely Emad and Amro. He and Amro participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, in the men's event. He is currently the head fencing coach at the

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1985 births Living people Egyptian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Egypt Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Egypt-sport-bio-stub