Aida Mohamed
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| Born | 12 March 1976 Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MTK Budapest (1986–2009) Törekvés SE (2009-2013) Újpesti TE (2014–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Antal Solti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aida Mohamed (born 12 March 1976) is a Hungarian foil fencer, silver medallist at the 1993 World Championships and team gold medallist at the 2007 European Championships. She is the only Hungarian athlete in history to have competed at seven different Olympic Games (from 1996 to 2020).[1][2][3]
Career
Mohamed was born in Budapest from a Hungarian mother and a Syrian father. She was too shy in primary school to join the local fencing team, but her PE teacher persuaded her to give it a go. She then trained at the
At senior level she won her first major medal in 1992 with a silver medal at the 1992 European Championships, followed with another silver at the 1993 World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15–3 to Valentina Vezzali in the semi-finals.
Mohamed transferred to Törekvés SE in 2009 after 23 years at MTK, but continued training with Antal Solti.[4]
Personal life
She married in 2005 former Canadian Olympic pentathlete and épée fencer, Laurie Shong, whom she met at the 1999 Seoul World Cup. They have two daughters, Olívia, born in 2009, and Leila, born in 2014.[4]
Awards
- Hungarian Junior fencer of the Year (3): 1991, 1992, 1995
- Masterly youth athlete: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
- Hungarian Youth Athlete of the Year (1): 1992
- Hungarian Fencer of the Year (5): 1993, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012
- Orders and special awards
- Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary– Silver Cross (2004)
Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (2008)
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References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aida Mohamed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^ "Aida Mohamed". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ^ Nedelykov, Tamás (29 July 2021). "Tokió 2020: Mohamed Aida rekorder lett, női tőrcsapatunk 7. helyen végzett". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b Réka Klementisz (6 August 2014). "Mohamed Aida hazatért Újpestre". ÚjpestKártya. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
External links
- Aida Mohamed at the International Fencing Federation
- Aida Mohamed at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
- Aida Mohamed at Olympics.com
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