Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Egyptian fencer
علاء الدين أبو القاسم · 阿萊爾丁·阿波爾卡西姆 · 알라엘딘 아부엘카셈
- Born
- 25 November 1990, Sétif
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer
- Height
- 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 82 kg (181 lb)
Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem (Arabic: علاء الدين محمد السيد أبو القاسم; born 25 November 1990) is an Egyptian fencer who won a silver medal in the men's foil event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He took up fencing at the age of eight and, in 2008, began fencing internationally, winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships, as well as the Junior World Cup, before progressing to the senior level in 2011 and capturing bronze at the Fleuret de St-Petersbourg. Later that year, he earned gold medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events before progressing to the 2012 Summer Games, where he won Africa's first-ever Olympic fencing medal.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's foil | 2012 | 2nd place (silver) |
| fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's team foil | 2012 | 9th place |
| fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's foil | 2016 | 11th place |
| fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's team foil | 2016 | 7th place |
| fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's team foil | 2020 | 8th place |
| fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's individual foil | 2021 | 6th place |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q178889 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.