Qatar’s Foil team wins Silver at Arab Fencing Championship

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19-January-2023

Qatar’s Foil team wins Silver at Arab Fencing Championship

MANAMA, Bahrain, January 19, 2023 -  Team Qatar produced a solid performance on Thursday  to claim a sliver medal in the foil team competition of 2023  Arab Fencing Championship, which hosted by Kingdom of Bahrain for four days with the participation of eight Arab nations.

Team Qatar consisted of  Ali Turki Oweida, Abdulla Ismaeel Khalifa and Khalid Aref Hussain  took  the silver medal following a 33-45 defeat at the hands of  Egyptian team in the final match.

Thursday’s medal was the  second of  Qatar in the championship after  Ali Turki Oweida won the bronze medal in Foil event earlier  on Tuesday.

 Most notably, Eight athletes have represented Qatar in the championship, including Ali Turki Oweida, Khalid Aref Hassain, Abdulla Ismaeel Khalifa, Jaber Omar, Mohammed Zeid Al Olan, Abdulrhman Al Gadra, Mosfer Mishaal Al Qhtani and Haya Diab.