Ahmed Sabry

Ahmed Sabry
Personal information
Birth name Ahmed Sabry
Full name Ahmed Ismail Sabry
Nationality Egyptian
Born (1933-09-15)15 September 1933
Cairo
Died 14 August 1958(1958-08-14) (aged 24)
KLM Flight 607-E - Hugo de Groot plane crash
Residence Cairo, Egypt
Sport
Country Egypt
Sport Fencing

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. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061012/news_1s12crshlist.html
  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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