Personal information | |
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Full name | Ahmed Muhammad Ismail Kamil Habash |
Nationality | Egypt |
Born | Giza, Egypt | 26 April 1984
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Class | Sailboard |
Club | Cairo Yacht Club [1] |
Coach | Alaa Abdallah [1] |
Ahmed Muhammad Ismail Kamil Habash (born 26 April 1984) is an Egyptian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. [1] [2] He is currently trained for Cairo Yacht Club under his personal coach Ibrahim Ismail, and has also represented Egypt for the first time in sailing history at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] [3] As of September 2013, he is ranked no. 112 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.
Habash competed in the men's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by receiving an allocated place from ISAF. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening races, Habash accumulated a net score of 334 for a last place finish in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers. [4]