Background
Mohamed was born in Budapest from a Hungarian mother and a Syrian father.
Mohamed was born in Budapest from a Hungarian mother and a Syrian father.
She has competed at five Olympic Games from 1996 to 2012. She then trained at the MTK sports club in Budapest with fencing master Antal Solti, who remained her personal coach as of 2013. Mohamed transferred to Törekvés Southeast in 2009 after 23 years at MTK, but continued training with Antal Solti.
She won in 1991 a bronze medal at the Cadet European Championships and the gold medal at the Junior World Championships. She retained her Junior title in 1992 and won it again in 1996. At senior level she won her first major medal in 1992 with a silver medal at the 1992 European Championships, followed with another silver at the 1993 World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15–3 to Valentina Vezzali in the semi-finals.
She was too shy in primary school to join the local fencing team, but her PE teacher persuaded her to give it a go.
