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2025-26 Men's Fencing Roster

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Mahmoud Elsayed

Mahmoud Elsayed

  • Position:
    Epee
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    170
  • Letters:
    1
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
  • High School:
    El Nasr Official Language School

Summary

Biography

2024-25: Garnered First Team All-American honors after finishing tied-for-third at the NCAA Championships ... voted Men's Team Epee Athlete of the Year and Epee Newcomer of the Year by the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) ... received First Team All-Region honors from the USFCA ... named First Team All-CCFC in epee ... compiled a 68-19 ledger while competing in four events for WSU ... made Wayne State debut at the NFC Championships (11/23-24) finishing with a 19-2 mark ... went 20-3 at the CCFC Championships (2/22-23), fencing to a first-place finish in the epee weapon ... totaled a 15-6 bout record at the NCAA Widwest Regional (3/8) ... competed at the NCAA Championships (3/20-21) earning a 14-8 mark ... earned a 67-11 record while fencing individually, including a 13-0 performance at the Junior Men's Epee World Championships, being crowned as the Junior World Champion and ranked as the Junior World No. 1.

Summer - 2024:  Competed in the men's team epee competition for his native Egypt in the Paris Olympics ... compiled a 1-5-2 record but was only out-scored 32-25 with four of his setbacks by two points or less (5-4, 3-1, 4-2 and 4-2).

High School:  A 2023 graduate of El Nasr Official Language School ... finished 11th at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Saudi Arabia ... compiled a 5-1 record in pool play and was +12 (29-17) ... in direct elimination, defeated Barsbek Raiymbekov (Kyrgyzstan), Matthew Buelau (Germany) and Markus Salm (Estonia) to reach the round of 16, where he fell to Erik Tobias (Estonia) ... in the team competition, he went 1-1-1 (13-13) in a win over Turkey, followed by a 1-2 mark against China (13-18) in a 45-37 win for Egypt, before Egypt fell to France in the quarterfinals (0-1-1, 9-12) ... placed third at the 2024 African Junior Championships ... went 5-0 and +19 (25-6) in pool play and entered direct elimination as the No. 2 seed ... won two direct elimination bouts before falling 15-12 to countryman Youssef Shamel in the semifinals ... went 3-0 (15-7) in the team competition in a 45-19 win over Morocco, followed by another 3-0 mark (15-3) in a win over Tunisia ... in the gold medal win over South Africa, compiled a 2-1 record (14-11) helping Egypt to the title ... link to bio on FIE.

Personal: Full name -- Mahmoud Elsayed ... born on April 25, 2005, in Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt ... son of Elsayed Saleh and Amany Elbeheiry ... father is the head coach of the Egyptian Fencing (Epee) National Team ... has two older brothers, Ahmed and Mohamed, and a sister, Jana ... Ahmed was a member of the WSU Fencing program from 2018-2024 ... Mohamed is a fencer at Long Island University ... is majoring in Finance ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2024 (4.00).
Mahmoud Elsayed's Career Record
Year Regular Season CCFC Championships NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships Total
2024-25 19-2 20-3 15-6 / 3rd 14-8 / T-3rd 68-19
Career 19-2 20-3 15-6 14-8 68-19

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Epee
    6'2" 184 lbs

  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Epee
    6'2" 170 lbs