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Mohamed Samandi

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Mohamed Rayan Samandi
Samandi in 2016
Personal information
Nickname(s)Rayan
Born (1986-08-13) 13 August 1986 (age 38)
Tunis, Tunisia
ResidenceLondon, Great Britain
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Weaponfoil
Handright-handed
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing  Tunisia
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Cairo Individual
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tunis Individual
Silver medal – second place 2011 Cairo Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cape Town Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Cairo Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Algiers Individual

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.

Career

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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 the 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 qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

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  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 Rayan Samandi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. ^ "Escrime | Grand prix de DOHA : Inès Boubakri et Mohamed Samandi qualifiés pour les J.O." La Presse de Tunisie (in French). 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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