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 1917 – 14 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

Persondata
Name	Abdel Hafeez, Osman
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1917-3-30
Place of birth	Shibin El Kom
Date of death	1958-8-14
Place of death	KLM Flight 607-E