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Houssam El Kord

Moroccan fencer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ54834157 ↗
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Houssam El Kord (also spelled El-Kord, born 24 February 1993) is a Moroccan fencer. His sister Camélia El Kord is also a fencer who has represented Morocco at international level. He currently lives in France and also serves as a freelance chiropodist in Paris.

Career

El Kord obtained his bachelor's degree in life sciences from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in 2013. He was influenced by his elder sister Camélia El Kord to take up the sport of fencing.

He claimed a gold medal in the men's individual épée at the 2019 African Games. He represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics which also marked his debut appearance at the Olympics. During the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's épée event.

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“Houssam El Kord” enters the record as moroccan fencer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Houssam, Kord and Moroccan can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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