Nada Hafez (born 28 August 1997) is an Egyptian sabre fencer. She competed at the

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and

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Career

In 2014, she became a member of the Egyptian National Senior Fencing Sabre Women's Team. In 2015, she won her first Egyptian Senior Women's Sabre National Republic Competition. In 2016, she qualified through the African zonal qualification (Algeria) to the 2016 Summer Rio Olympics and in 2021, she qualified for the Summer Tokyo Olympics. Hafez won one silver (2018) and two bronze (2019, 2014) at the African zonal championship. She also won the bronze medal at the Belgium Tournoi satellite. She competed at the

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in Paris while seven months pregnant. She beat American Elizabeth Tartakovsky 15-13 before losing 15-7 to South Korean Jeon Ha-young.

Personal life

Hafez is an Egyptian national champion in gymnastics. She attended

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where she earned a degree in Medicine in 2022, going on to work as a

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. On March 2, 2023, Hafez married cardiothoracic surgeon Ibrahim Ihab. While competing at the 2024 Olympic Games, it was revealed that Hafez was 7 months pregnant with their first child. Hafez gave birth to said child, daughter Zeina Ibrahim Osman on 14 October 2024.https://www.instagram.com/p/DBHMsvItQ_g/?img_index=1

References

External links

International Fencing Federation
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1997 births Living people Egyptian female sabre fencers Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Egypt Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cairo Cairo University alumni {{Egypt-fencing-bio-stub