Ahmed Sabry
Personal information
Birth nameAhmed Sabry
Full nameAhmed Ismail Sabry
NationalityEgyptian
Born(1933-09-15)15 September 1933
Cairo
Died14 August 1958(1958-08-14) (aged 24)
KLM Flight 607-E - Hugo de Groot plane crash
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportFencing

Ahmed Sabry (15 September 1933 14 August 1958) was an Egyptian fencing champion. He was one of the six members of the Egyptian team that perished on board KLM Flight 607-E - the Hugo de Groot on 14 August 1958.[1]

Personal life

Sabry had two sisters; Laila, who died at the age of 5, and Isis who was married to the Olympic fencer Osman Abdel Hafeez.[2]

References

  1. "Sports tragedies | the San Diego Union-Tribune". Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. "El Battal Ahmed Sabry" - An Arabic biography from the series "Shabab Khaled" or "Immortal Youth" by Aboel Haggag Hafez - Volume 14


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