2025-26 Fencing Roster
Mostafa Tahoun
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Newton, Mass.
Ohio State Career
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete as a freshman
- 21-19 in dual bouts, competing in all seven team events
- 5-1 in CCFC Championships, helping Buckeyes to men's and epee foil squad titles
- Fifth in CCFC individual championships
- Finished ninth at OSU Open in first collegiate event
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Trained with Premier Fencing Club from ages 9-15 and has been with Star Fencing Academy since age 15
- Has been part of the Egyptian National Team for five years
- Parents are Tamer Tahoun, a two-time Olympian who fenced foil for Egypt professionally from 1999-2008. and Rihab Dawood
- Sibling Aly attends Brandeis
- Computer science and engineering major and plans to become a data analyst
- Enjoys traveling, playing chess and outdoor running
- Father got him into fencing at age 7
- Was born in Egypt and moved to the United States at age 9
- On why he chose Ohio State: "It has one of the strongest fencing programs in the country. There is a different level of passion, spirit and team culture. It gave me the opportunity to train and compete at the highest level."
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