Husayn Rosowsky

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Husayn Rosowsky
Full nameHusayn Rosowsky
Born (1991-04-10) 10 April 1991 (age 34)
Sheffield, England

Husayn Rosowsky (born Sheffield, 1991) is a British foil fencer. [1]

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Biography

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the first round. [2] Husayn also competed in the Men's foil team event, where in the first round Great Britain beat the Egyptian Team, [3] but in the quarter final Team GB lost to Italy. [4]

In 2008, he won an individual bronze medal at the U17 World Championships in Acireale in Sicily. In 2010, he won an individual bronze medal and a team bronze medal in the U20 European Championships in Moscow. In 2010, he was U20 UK National Foil Champion and reached the quarter finals of the World University Games in 2011. Later that year, he won the Leon Paul International in London and won the foil title at the British Fencing Championships. [5] In 2012 he was the UK National Team Foil Champion and reached the quarter finals of the World University Games in 2013. He competed in the Commonwealth Fencing Championships at Largs in November 2014, coming 3rd overall in the individual competition and 1st in the team event.

He represented Great Britain at the following events:

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Personal life

Husayn was a student at the University of Greenwich where he obtained an undergraduate degree in Mathematics. He pursued a master's degree in Big Data Analytics at the University of Greenwich following the completion of his undergraduate degree. Husayn got married in 2014 and is the father of a daughter.

References

  1. London2012.com Archived 21 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Husayn Rosowsky". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. "Men's Team Foil Results". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. "Men's Team Foil Results". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)