{"id":151868,"date":"2019-06-07T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=151868"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:57:13","slug":"fares-arfa","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/fares-arfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fares Arfa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fares Arfa a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00c9quipe Canada \u00e0 deux \u00e9ditions des Jeux panam\u00e9ricains. \u00c0 Santiago en 2023, il a fait partie de la formation qui a remport\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de sabre masculin par \u00e9quipes pour le Canada en plus de remporter le bronze au sabre individuel chez les hommes. Ces m\u00e9dailles sont venues s\u2019ajouter \u00e0 celle d\u2019argent qu\u2019il a d\u00e9croch\u00e9e dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve de sabre masculin par \u00e9quipes \u00e0 Lima 2019.<\/p>\n<p>En 2014, Arfa a \u00e9t\u00e9 couronn\u00e9 champion panam\u00e9ricain junior au sabre individuel chez les hommes. Cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, il a aussi fait ses d\u00e9buts chez les seniors \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale en disputant les Championnats du monde de la FIE ainsi que les Championnats panam\u00e9ricains. Depuis, il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 sept \u00e9ditions des Championnats du monde de la FIE chez les seniors, son meilleur r\u00e9sultat individuel s\u2019av\u00e9rant une 16e place en 2022. Arfa a remport\u00e9 cinq m\u00e9dailles d\u2019argent d\u2019affil\u00e9e avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe de sabre masculin aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains (2017-2019, 2022-2023).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00c0 propos de Fares<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts :<\/strong>\u00a0\u00c0\u00a0l\u2019\u00e2ge de 12 ans, il cherchait un sport \u00e0 pratiquer\u00a0pendant les mois d\u2019hiver, mais ne voulait pas jouer au hockey comme ses fr\u00e8res; apr\u00e8s avoir vu de la vid\u00e9o d\u2019escrime aux Jeux olympiques, il a demand\u00e9 \u00e0 sa m\u00e8re de\u00a0s\u2019y\u00a0essayer; il avait aussi regard\u00e9\u00a0<em>Le Seigneur des anneaux<\/em>\u00a0et aimait l\u2019id\u00e9e des combats d\u2019\u00e9p\u00e9e; il a appris \u00e0 appr\u00e9cier l\u2019aspect mental et tactique de ce sport au fil de son d\u00e9veloppement comme escrimeur\u2026\u00a0<strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/strong>\u00a0Allait \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Ohio State o\u00f9 il \u00e9tudiait en sciences politiques (pr\u00e9paration au droit) mais a ensuite d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de changer de domaine et d\u2019\u00e9tudier en finances aux HEC Montr\u00e9al\u2026 Apr\u00e8s avoir obtenu son dipl\u00f4me, a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler pour RBC en gestion de patrimoine\u2026\u00a0<strong>De tout et de rien :<\/strong>\u00a0S\u2019est install\u00e9 au Canada en provenance de l\u2019Alg\u00e9rie avec sa famille quand il \u00e9tait \u00e2g\u00e9 de trois ans\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fares Arfa repr\u00e9sentera \u00c9quipe Canada en escrime \u00e0 Lima 2019. 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