Aida Mohamed

Aida Mohamed (born 12 March 1976 in Budapest) is a Hungarian foil fencer, silver medallist at the 1993 World Championships and team gold medallist at the 2007 European Championships. She has competed at six Olympic Games from 1996 to 2016.[1][2]

The native form of this personal name is Mohamed Aida. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Aida Mohamed
Personal information
Born (1976-03-12) 12 March 1976
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handleft-handed
Club Újpesti TE (2014- )
Törekvés (2009-2013)
MTK (1986-2009)
Head coachAntal Solti
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

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 MTK sports club in Budapest with fencing master Antal Solti, who remained her personal coach as of 2013. She won in 1991 a bronze medal at the Cadet European Championships and the gold medal at the Junior World Championships. She retained her Junior title in 1992 and won it again in 1996.

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.[3]

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.[3]

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

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Aida Mohamed". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  3. Réka Klementisz (6 August 2014). "Mohamed Aida hazatért Újpestre". ÚjpestKártya. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.


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