24 Dec 2019
Kuwait City, 24 December 2019. Aspire Academy graduate Ali Turki represented Qatar at the recent Arab senior Fencing Championship in Kuwait and won bronze medal. Fencing in the Arab region has for years been dominated by Egypt and Kuwait but of late Qatar has been rising through the ranks and challenging for honours at competitions
The championship is being held at the Kuwait Fencing Federation hall in Daeya with 10 countries participating: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, UAE, Tunis, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Palestine in addition to Kuwait.
Qatar Fencing team coach Massimo Omeri expressed his delight with the results and overall performance of the Qatar team in what has been a very competitive championship which is considered the strongest Arab field of competition.