El-Sayed Lashin is an Egyptian

Egyptians

Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

 table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player. His current club is Sporting Elahly in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

, where he resides. He qualified for his third Olympic Games

2012 Summer Olympics

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  at the All Africa Games held in September 2011 in Maputo

Maputo

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, Mozambique

Mozambique

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General Interest

Lashin has been playing table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 since he was eleven years old. He initially only accompanied his brother but soon discovered that he liked playing. He holds a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Logistics

Logistics

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 from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport

Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport

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Career

Having made his international debut in 1997, Lashin competed for Egypt at several Continental Championships, All African Games and Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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. He is a two times winner of the Francophone Games and a three times winner of the African Cup.

African Championships

Men's Team: 2007 Brazzaville, 2004,Mauritius, 2002 Amman, 2000 Damascus, 1998 Port Louis, 1996 Nairobi

Men's Doubles: 2007 Brazzaville, 2004, Mauritius, 2002 Amman

Men's Singles:2007 Brazzaville, 2000 Damascus, 1998 Port Louis

Men's Doubles: 2000 Damascus, 1998 Port Louis

Mixed Doubles: 2004 Mauritius, 2000 Damascus

Men's Doubles: 1996 Nairobi

Mixed Doubles: 2007 Brazzaville, 1998 Port Louis

African Cup

2002 Johannesburg, 1999 Nairobi, 1998 Cairo

2011 and 2009, Rabat

2001 El Minia, 1997 Port Elizabeth

African Games

Men's Team: 2011 Malputo, 2007 Algeria

Men's Doubles: 2011 Malputo

Men's Team: 2003 Abuja, 1999 Johannesburg

Men's Singles: 2011 Malputo, 2003 Abuja, 1999 Johannesburg

Men's Doubles: 2007 Algeria, 2003 Abuja

Men's Singles: 2007 Algeria

Men's Doubles: 1999 Johannesburg

Mixed Doubles: 2011 Malputo, 1999 Johannesburg

Arab Championships

Men's Team: 2010 Um Al Hassam, 2008 Rabat, 2004 Bizerk, 2002 Amman, 2000 Damascus

Men's Doubles: 2002 Amman, 2000 Damascus

Mixed Doubles: 2002 Amman

Men's Singles: 2002 Amman

Mixed Doubles: 1998 Casablanca

Men's Singles: 2000 Damascus

Arab Cup

Men's Singles: 2007 Sanaa, 2003 Sanaa, 2001 Sussa

Men's Doubles: 2009 Cairo, 2007 Sanaa, 2005 Beirut, 2001 Sussa

Men's Singles: 2005 Beirut

ITTF Pro Tour

Winner Doubles: 2010 Marocco Open

SF Singles: 2010 Marocco Open, 2010 Egypt Open, 2009 Marocco Open

SF Doubles: 2011 Marocco Open

QF Singles: 2011 Marocco Open

QF Doubles: 2009 Kuwait Open, 1998 Lebanon Open