Hasna Al-Hammad: The Saudi Fencer Writing History One Hit At A Time
Hasna Al-Hammad leads a career full of exceptional successes and achievements...
A young athlete with still a long career ahead of her, Hasna Al-Hammad has already made her mark on the world by earning a gold medal in fencing, making her the first female fencer in the history of Saudi Arabia to do so. Still in the prime of her athleticism, Al Hammad has participated in many championships, raising the Kingdom’s flag high in Kuwait, Jordan, and the Philippines, and doing so in only the past two years. Earlier this year, Al Hammad joined 62 female fencers in Kuwait to participate in the sixth edition for Women’s Sports in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, marking the largest female delegation in the history of Saudi sports.
Her love for fencing has led her to call on other Saudi girls to not only participate in this challenging sport but to also prove themselves in athletics as they would with any other field or role they chose to pursue. Al Hammad sat down recently with Sayidaty to discuss female participation in sports in Saudi Arabia, the reasons she chose to become a fencer, and the many achievements she has made for herself and her country.
