Saul Moyal (شاوؤل مويال) was an Egyptian Olympic fencer.

Saul Moyal
Personal information
Birth nameشاوؤل مويال
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportFencing
Event(s)Foil, epee, and sabre
Medal record
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Palestine Men's foil
Gold medal – first place 1932 Palestine Epee
Gold medal – first place 1932 Palestine Sabre

Moyal competed in the individual foil (where he made it to the semi-finals), individual épée (where he came in 10th), the team foil event (where the team was eliminated in the first round), and the team épée event (where the team made it to the quarterfinals) at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Moyal was Jewish, and at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he won gold medals in all three weapons.[3][4][5] He was runner-up in the Egyptian foil championship in 1928, and took third place in 1936.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Paul Tchir (14 November 2021). "Egyptian Olympians from 1928". OlympStats.
  2. ^ "Saul Moyal Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Maccabiah Games before World War II". sport-record.de.
  4. ^ Jennifer Greenberg (10 January 2017). "Make way for Maccabiah: an 85-year journey through the 'Jewish Olympics'". Time Out Israel.
  5. ^ Kaplan, Ron (2015). The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 9781632208552 – via Google Books.
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