Samir has filed an official complaint to the worldwide governing body over the conduct of the Egyptian Fencing Federation (EFF) President, alleging that he breached "several" FIE rules and had become a "threat to our sport’s integrity and sportsmanship by abusing his position repeatedly".

The 41-year-old fencer, who represented Egypt at the Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008 Olympics, became a citizen of the United States in 2019.

However, Samir said he was not allowed to leave the EFF until 2022, claiming that El Husseiny was "harassing me with emails calling for investigations for reasons he didn’t want to put forward".

"The statutes of the FIE state that the change of nationality is a choice of the individual, not the federation," said Samir.

"Therefore, I believe the federation of Egypt has no right to block my choice, at least I could read no provisions in the FIE statutes that would justify such acts."

Samir was also banned for two years and hit with a fine of EGP10,000 (£270/$325/€305) by the EFF in June 2022.

The fencer argued that the suspension was issued "without any proper procure or investigation" and claimed that El Husseiny "invited new rules and deleted my name from all records" at the National Federation.

"In an outrageous move of power abuse he extended his illegal and baseless sentence over two confederations in Africa and Pan America by informing them of me being suspended for ‘disciplinary offences’," said Samir.

"A proper instance has never been ratified for the alleged offences, proper procedures have not been respected and everything is solely based on Mr El Husseiny’s vendetta."

Samir said that El Husseiny had also contacted US Fencing in a bid to extend his suspension which, he claimed, was a "blatant infringement of the principle of good governance."

"Before being extended, offenses based on actual wrongdoing are revised by the FIE - this is a practice of good governance and a vital check and balance to counter any attempt to circumvent the rules of democracy, silencing political enemies by falsely accusing them of 'crimes,'" said Samir.

"A vice-president of the FIE should be an example of good governance.

"Mr El Husseiny’s behaviour is borderline illegal, clearly against all principles of good governance, and, for the least questionable concerning ethical principles.

"El Husseiny has been trying and continues trying to undermine democratic procedures.

"He’s become a threat to our sport’s integrity and sportsmanship by abusing his position repeatedly.

"He has been abusing his power against many people, including me, over freedom of speech and expressing opinions."

Samir called on the FIE to launch a "severe but fair investigation" into the actions of El Husseiny and asked for clarification over whether he would be able to compete in Pan American competitions despite his ban.

The claims made by Samir come after El Husseiny was involved in a heated exchange with Swedish Fencing Federation President Otto Drakenberg over the awarding of the 2024 Cadet and Junior World Championships to Saudi Arabia at the FIE Ordinary Congress last November.

El Husseiny told Drakenberg to "stop it immediately" when the Swedish official questioned how welcome LGBTQ fencers will be in Saudi Arabia, whether there will be any restrictions on female participants and how secure the tournament will be in a country that is at war.

A complaint was filed by the SFF to the International Olympic Committee, which last week passed on the matter to the FIE's Ethics Committee.

insidethegames has contacted the FIE, EFF and El Husseiny for comment.