Jamil Omar Hatem Abdulalem Jamil El Reedy, born October 22, 1965 in

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, is a retired

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alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether fo ...

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El Reedy grew up in Plattsburgh, New York, USA
He was Egypt's sole representative at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг� ...

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. As such, he attracted lasting media attention, particularly when it was reported that he had "prepared by spending 40 days in a cave in the Egyptian desert". He finished 46th out of 101 in the slalom, 60th out of 61 in the downhill event, and did not complete the giant slalom, thus being eliminated. El Reedy did not participate the next games in

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."Losers Of Renown"
CNN, January 27, 1988

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1965 births Living people Egyptian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Egypt Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Cairo {{Egypt-alpine-skiing-bio-stub