Saul Moyal Explained

Saul Moyal
Birth Name:	شاوؤل مويال
Country:	Egypt
Sport:	Fencing
Event:	Foil, epee, and sabre
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Saul Moyal (شاوؤل مويال) was an Egyptian Olympic fencer.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Egyptian Olympians from 1928. 14 November 2021. OlympStats. Paul Tchir.
2. Web site: Saul Moyal Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195652/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/saul-moyal-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 March 2010 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: Maccabiah Games before World War II. sport-record.de.
4. Web site: Make way for Maccabiah: an 85-year journey through the 'Jewish Olympics'. Time Out Israel. 10 January 2017. Jennifer Greenberg.
5. Book: Kaplan, Ron. The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games. 2015. Skyhorse Publishing. 9781632208552. Google Books.