Mohamed Samandi

Mohamed Rayan Samandi is a Tunisian foil fencer,[1] African champion in 2014. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the individual event, but was defeated in the second round.

Mohamed Rayan Samandi
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Rayan
Born	13 August 1987 Tunis, Tunisia
Residence	London, Great Britain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	foil
Hand	right-handed
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's foil Representing  Tunisia African Championships 2014 Cairo Individual 2010 Tunis Individual 2011 Cairo Individual 2013 Cape Town Individual 2015 Cairo Individual 2016 Algiers Individual

Career

Samandi took up fencing at the age of ten. In 2005 he was the first African to win a stage of the Junior World Cup in Viana do Castelo in Portugal. He claimed the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. [2]

Samandi qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing through his results at the African qualifying fencing tournament held in Casablanca,[3] but could not attend the competition due to lack of funds. He qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics as best-ranked African fencer. In the first round he defeated 15–8 Great Britain's Husayn Rosowsky, but he fell 7–15 in the next round to World No.1 Andrea Cassarà.[4]

He is a member of the AS Bourg-la-Reine fencing club, in the suburbs of Paris. With them he won a team bronze medal at the 2011 French national championships.

References

1. "Mohamed Rayan Samandi". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12.
2. "Jeux Africains 2007 – La journée des Tunisiens : Débuts sur les chapeaux de roue". Le Quotidien.
3. "Tunisian, Moroccan fencers qualify for Olympics". Magharebia. 27 April 2008.
4. "Mohamed Samandi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.