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| Born | (1917-03-30)30 March 1917 Shibin El Kom, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 August 1958(1958-08-14) (aged 41) KLM Flight 607-E - Hugo de Groot plane crash | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Osman Abdel Hafeez (30 March 1917 – 14 August 1958) was an Egyptian épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was one of six members of the Egyptian fencing team who perished on board KLM Flight 607-E on 14 August 1958.
Personal life
Hafeez had three brothers, Saleh, Ibrahim, and Fathy, as well as two sisters: Zeinab and Fatma. He was married to Isis Ismail Sabry, the daughter of a pediatrician. She is the sister of Ahmed Sabry his fellow fencing champion who was on the same doomed flight. He had a son, Ismail, and a daughter, Pakinam.
Medals and honors
He competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1951 where he won bronze medals in the épée and foil team events and in 1955 where he won a bronze medal in the foil team event. The main hall in the Egyptian Fencing Club is named after Hafeez, as well as a street in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt and a school in his hometown of Shibin El Kom, Egypt.
References
- "Osman Abdel Hafeez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- "Sports tragedies - The San Diego Union-Tribune". signonsandiego.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "El Battal Osman Abdel Hafeez" - An Arabic biography from the series "Shabab Khaled" or "Immortal Youth" by Aboel Haggag Hafez - Volume 5
- "Olympedia – Osman Abdel Hafeez". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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- 1917 births
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- Egyptian male épée fencers
- Egyptian male foil fencers
- Olympic fencers for Egypt
- Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in international waters
- People from Monufia Governorate
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1958
- Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Egypt
- Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
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