| Alaaeldin Abouelkassem | |
|---|---|
 Abouelkassem at the Challenge Revenu 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem |
| Born | 25 November 1990 Sétif, Algeria |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Weapon | foil |
| Hand | left-handed |
| FIE ranking | current ranking |
Medal record | |
Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem (Arabic: علاء الدين محمد السيد أبو القاسم; born 25 November 1990) is an Egyptian fencer who won a silver medal in the men's foil event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He took up fencing at the age of eight and, in 2008, began fencing internationally, winning medals at the African and World Junior Championships, as well as the Junior World Cup, before progressing to the senior level in 2011 and capturing bronze at the Fleuret de St-Petersbourg. Later that year, he earned gold medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in the individual and team foil events before progressing to the 2012 Summer Games, where he won Africa's first-ever Olympic fencing medal.