page_title: Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
hierarchical_section_title: Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
caption_attribution_description: English: Egypt's Alaaeldin Abouelkassem at the men's team foil event of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 12 August 2013. Français&#160;: L'Égyptien Alaaeldin Abouelkassem lors de l'épreuve de fleuret masculin par équipes aux championnats du monde d'escrime 2013 au Syma Hall à Budapest, le 12 août 2013.
context_page_description: Alaaeldin Muhammad Al-Sayid Abouelkassem 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 globally, winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships, as well as the Junior World Cup, before advancing to the senior level in 2011 and winning 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 going to the 2012 Summer Games, where he won Egypt's and Africa's first ever Olympic fencing medal.
context_section_description: Alaaeldin Muhammad Al-Sayid 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 globally, winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships, as well as the Junior World Cup, before advancing to the senior level in 2011 and winning 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 going to the 2012 Summer Games, where he won Egypt's and Africa's first ever Olympic fencing medal.
caption: Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
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