Osman Abdel Hafeez

Osman Abdel Hafeez
Osman Abdel Hafeez
Personal information
Birth name Osman Abdel Hafeez
Full name Osman Abdel Hafeez Osman
Nationality Egyptian
Born March 30, 1917(1917-03-30)
Shibin El Kom, Egypt
Died August 14, 1958(1958-08-14) (aged 41)
KLM Flight 607-E - Hugo de Groot plane crash
Residence Cairo, Egypt
Sport
Country Egypt
Sport Fencing

Osman Abdel Hafeez (30 March 191714 August 1958) was an Egyptian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] He was one of six members of the Egyptian fencing team who perished on board KLM Flight 607-E on 14 August 1958.[2]

Personal life

Abdel 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 renowned 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.[3]

Medals and honors

The main hall in the Egyptian Fencing Club is named after Abdel Hafeez, as well as a street in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt and a school in his hometown of Shibin El Kom, Egypt.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Osman Abdel Hafeez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/osman-abdel-hafeez-1.html. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
  2. ^ "Sports tragedies - The San Diego Union-Tribune". signonsandiego.com. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061012/news_1s12crshlist.html. Retrieved 2010-09-18. 
  3. ^ a b "El Battal Osman Abdel Hafeez" - An arabic biography from the series "Shabab Khaled" or "Immortal Youth" by Aboel Haggag Hafez - Volume 5



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