Fares Arfa

Fares Arfa (born October 16, 1994) is a Canadian fencer in the sabre discipline. Arfa has won multiple medals at the Pan American level.

Career
Arfa's first major international result came in 2014, when he won the gold medal at the Pan American Junior Fencing Championships in Guatemala City. Arfa was part of the last five Pan American Fencing Championships sabre team who won the silver medal, losing to the United States each time. At the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Arfa finished 16th in the individual event, the highest placing for Arfa at the event. In 2024, Arfa helped Canada qualify a sabre team for the 2024 Summer Olympics for the first time since 1996. Arfa was officially named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team in April 2024.

Pan American Games
Arfa has won a medal of each colour at the Pan American Games. Arfa made his Pan American Games debut at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the team sabre event. Four years later Arfa was named to his second Pan American Games team. At the 2023 Pan American Games, Arfa won the gold medal in the men's team sabre event and the bronze medal in the individual event.