Ahmed Habash

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Ahmed Habash
Personal information
Full nameAhmed Muhammad Ismail
Kamil Habash
NationalityFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Born (1984-04-26) 26 April 1984 (age 39)
Giza, Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Sailboard
ClubCairo Yacht Club [1]
CoachAlaa Abdallah [1]

Ahmed Muhammad Ismail Kamil Habash (born 26 April 1984) is an Egyptian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. [1] [2] He is currently trained for Cairo Yacht Club under his personal coach Ibrahim Ismail, and has also represented Egypt for the first time in sailing history at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] [3] As of September 2013, he is ranked no. 112 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.

Habash competed in the men's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by receiving an allocated place from ISAF. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening races, Habash accumulated a net score of 334 for a last place finish in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers. [4]

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References

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