Fares Arfa
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 14, 1994 Béjaïa, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Laval, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fares Arfa (born October 14, 1994) is a Canadian fencer in the sabre discipline.[1] Arfa has won multiple medals at the Pan American level.
Career[edit]
Arfa's first major international result came in 2014, when he won the gold medal at the Pan American Junior Fencing Championships in Guatemala City.[2] Arfa was part of the last five Pan American Fencing Championships sabre team who won the silver medal, losing to the United States each time.[3] At the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Arfa finished 16th in the individual event, the highest placing for Arfa at the event.[4] In 2024, Arfa helped Canada qualify a sabre team for the 2024 Summer Olympics for the first time since 1996.[5][6]
Pan American Games[edit]
Arfa has won a medal of each colour at the Pan American Games. Arfa made his Pan American Games debut at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the team sabre event. Four years later Arfa was named to his second Pan American Games team.[7] At the 2023 Pan American Games, Arfa won the gold medal in the men's team sabre event and the bronze medal in the individual event.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fares Arfa". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Two Ohio State Fencers Earn Gold at Pan Am Junior Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes". www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/. Ohio State University. February 28, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Farès Arfa en constante progression" [Farès Arfa in constant progress]. Laval Courier (in French). Laval, Quebec. May 10, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Farès Arfa fier de sa 16e place aux Championnats du monde" [Farès Arfa proud of his 16th place at the World Championships]. Radio Canada (in French). Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 18, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: discover Farès Arfa" [Paris 2024 : découvrez Farès Arfa]. Radio Canada (in French). Montreal, Quebec, Canada. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Farès Arfa et les sabreurs canadiens qualifiés pour les JO" [Farès Arfa and the Canadian sabers qualified for the Olympics]. Laval Courier (in French). Laval, Quebec. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Canada's Santiago 2023 fencing team announced" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Brazil and Canada Claim the Final Gold Medals in Fencing". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. November 4, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Canadian male fencers
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Canadian people of Algerian descent
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2019 Pan American Games