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Saif Essy, son of the Academy, a unique Egyptian Olympic champion

Thanks to his great talent and iron determination, he was able to write his name with letters of light in the annals of history, which will always record his extraordinary achievements, he is the first Egyptian player to win two Olympic medals in the Youth Olympics and the adult Olympics to be considered one of the best Taekwondo players in the history of the black continent, and we certainly expect a new medal for Egypt at the Paris Olympics 2024
His most notable achievements
- Bronze medal at the Youth Olympics in 2014
- Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
- Bronze medal at the world championship in Mexico 2022
- Bronze medal at the world championship in Azerbaijan 2023
- 7 medals at the Taekwondo Grand Prix championships
- Silver of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2016
- Grand Prix silver in Morocco 2017
- Silver of the Grand Prix of Bulgaria 2019
- Grand Prix silver in Italy 2022
- Bronze of the Grand Prix of China 2018
- Bronze of the Grand Prix in England 2018
- Bronze Grand Prix Final in Saudi Arabia 2022
- Gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Algeria 2022.
- Silver of the XIII African Games Accra 2023
- Qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games