Career
Talaat represented Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two sabre events. Foreign his first event, the men"s individual sabre, Talaat lost the first preliminary round match to Belarus" Valery Pryiemka, with a score of 7–15. Few days later, he joined with his fellow fencers and teammates Tamim Ghazy, Gamal Fathy, and Mahmoud Samir for the men"s team sabre.
Talaat and his team, however, lost the seventh place match to the Hungarian team (led by Áron Szilágyi), with a total score of 25 touches.