Mauro Hamza
Mauro Hamza is originally from Cairo, Egypt, and established [Salle Mauro] in August, 1999 in Houston. He also served as Fencing Program Coordinator at Rice University from 1998 to 2014. 

Mauro was the Egyptian Olympic coach for the men’s and women’s foil teams at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and was the United States Fencing Association Men’s Foil National Coach 2009-2010; then USA Foil Director for Men’s and Women’s National teams in 2010-2011. In 2009, December 26 was declared “Mauro Hamza Day” by Houston mayor Bill White in recognition of his development of the sport of fencing in Houston.Rice's Hamza named men's foil coach for Team USA 9/4/2009</ref>