Omar El Geziry

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Omar Elgeziry
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Team Egypt (Omar Elgeziry, Amro El Geziry, Hefny) wins gold in team competition
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Born (1985-01-20) 20 January 1985 (age 39)
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CountryEgypt
Sport Modern pentathlon

Omar Elgeziry (born 20 January 1985) is an Egyptian modern pentathlete. He also had brothers who are pentathletes, namely Emad and Amro. He and Amro participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event. [1]

He is currently the head fencing coach at Duke University.

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References

  1. "Omar Elgeziry". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.