Mauro Hamza
Maher "Mauro" Hamza is a fencing coach who was born in Cairo, Egypt.[1] In 1994, Hamza coached at Texas A&M for one year.[1] In August 1999, he established a fencing club in Houston, Texas. Hamza also served as Fencing Program Coordinator at Rice University from 1998 to 2014. He spent three years serving the Southwest fencing community as volunteer Chairman of the Gulf Coast Division.[2][3]
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Born | Cairo, Egypt |
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2004 Egyptian National Foil Coach | |
Hamza was head coach of the 2001 United States Junior/Cadet national fencing team.[1] Hamza was the Egyptian Olympic coach for the men’s and women’s foil teams at the Athens Olympics in 2004, and was the United States Fencing Association Men’s Foil National Coach 2009-10; then USA Foil Director for Men’s and Women’s National teams in 2010-11. In 2009, December 26 was declared “Mauro Hamza Day” by Houston mayor Bill White in recognition of his development of the sport of fencing in Houston.[2]
References
- "Hamza has a plan to lead Rice's fencing team to success". Rice News. October 4, 2001. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- Bill White Proclaims December 26 Mauro Hamza Day in Houston, Texas Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- "He Won't Be Foiled". Rice Magazine. January 27, 2010.