Ahmed Goneim
 Ahmed Goneim (standing, furthest left) as head coach of a group of Saudi Arabians, in 1976, assisting a student on a pommel horse[1] | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) Cairo, Egypt |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Gymnastics |
Ahmed Goneim (born 1937) is an Egyptian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] He had previously won five medals at the 1959 Mediterranean Games.[3] After the games, he joined a Russian-operated circus, first in Cairo and then in Lebanon. To avoid the Lebanese Civil War he went to Saudi Arabia, where his promotion of gymnastics in the country—in which it had, to that point, been virtually unknown—led to him being considered "the founder of the sport of gymnastics in Saudi Arabia."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Reilly, Pat (10 August 1976). "250 Young Gymnasts Look to Future Olympics". The Morning Union. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ahmed Goneim Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Ahmed Goneim at Olympics.com
- ^ Harrison, Stephen (4 August 2024). "The World Is Forgetting About These Olympians. This Project Is Immortalizing Them". Slate. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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