What is Alaaeldin Abouelkassem?
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{MedalTableTop|medals= {{Medal|Country | {{EGY}} }} {{Medal|Sport | Men’s [[fencing]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{Medal|Silver| [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | Men's foil}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Pan Arab Games]]}} {{Medal|Gold| [[2011 Pan Arab Games|2011 Doha]] | Men's Foil}} {{Medal|Gold| [[2011 Pan Arab Games|2011 Doha]] | Men's Team foil}} }} [[File:Alaaeldin Abouelkassem 2013 Fencing WCH FMS-EQ t110029.jpg|thumb|Alaaeldin Abouelkassem]] '''Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem''' ({{lang-ar|علاء الدين محمد السيد أبو القاسم}}; born 25 November 1990) is an Egyptian fencer who won a silver medal in the men's foil event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. He took up fencing at the age of eight and, in 2008, began fencing globally, winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships, as well as the Junior World Cup, before advancing to the senior level in 2011 and winning bronze at the [[Fleuret de St-Petersbourg]]. Later that year he earned gold medals at the [[2011 Pan Arab Games]] in the individual and team foil events before going to the 2012 Summer Games, where he won [[Egypt]]'s and [[Africa]]'s first ever Olympic fencing medal. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abouelkassem, Alaaeldin}} [[Category:1990 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic medalists for Egypt]] [[Category:Fencers]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:People from Alexandria]] {{Sports-biography-stub}}