Tamer Mohamed Tahoun

Who is Tamer Mohamed Tahoun?

Tamer Tahoun is an Egyptian fencer and the head coach of Premier Fencing Club, located in New Jersey, USA.

He was the Egyptian Senior National Champion for 10 years from 1999 to 2008 and participated in the Junior and Senior World Championships as well as in two Olympic Games. He finished 16th in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed in Junior and Senior World Cups, and reached his highest rank of 16th in the FIE Ranking in 2005.

Tamer started fencing in 1984 at the age of seven, training under Amgad Khazbak until 2002. He then trained under coaches Hossam Hassan, El Motawakel and Mauro Hamza until 2004.

Tamer Received his coaching diploma from the General Syndicate of Professions Sport Cairo, Egypt. He worked as the Egyptian National foil team coach for the senior, junior and cadet teams from January 2009 until September 2011, also he was the Fencing Head Coach and Technical Director at El Gezira sporting Club in Cairo from 2008 to 2011, and worked for two years with the Polish coach Powel Kantorsky and for a period of time with the Italian Maistro Andrea Borella. He is a FIE International referee in the disciplines of foil and epee.