Aida Mohamed (born 12 March 1976) is a Hungarian foil fencer, silver medallist at the 1993 World Championships and team gold medallist at the 2007 European Championships. She is the only Hungarian athlete in history to have competed at seven different Olympic Games (from 1996 to 2020). Career Mohamed was born in Budapest from a Hungarian mother and a Syrian father. She was too shy in primary school to join the local fencing team, but her PE teacher persuaded her to give it a go. She then trained at the MTK sports club in Budapest with fencing master Antal Solti, who remained her personal coach . She won in 1991 a bronze medal at the Cadet European Fencing Championships and the gold medal at the Junior World Championships. She retained her Junior title in 1992 and won it again in 1996. At senior level she won her first major medal in 1992 with a silver medal at the 1992 European Championships, followed with another silver at the 1993 World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15–3 to Valentina Vezzali in the semi-finals. Mohamed transferred to Törekvés SE in 2009 after 23 years at MTK, but continued training with Antal Solti. Personal life She married in 2005 former Canadian Olympic pentathlete and épée fencer, Laurie Shong, whom she met at the 1999 Seoul World Cup. They have two daughters, Olívia, born in 2009, and Leila, born in 2014. Awards Hungarian Junior fencer of the Year (3): 1991, 1992, 1995 Masterly youth athlete: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Hungarian Youth Athlete of the Year (1): 1992 Hungarian Fencer of the Year (5): 1993, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012 Orders and special awards Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Silver Cross (2004) Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (2008) References External links (archive) 1976 births Living people Hungarian female foil fencers Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Hungary Hungarian people of Syrian descent Martial artists from Budapest Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian women