The son of two-time basketball Olympian Fouad El-Kheir, Sherif Abou El-Kheir spent his basketball career with the Alexandria Sporting Club and also represented Egypt, then competing as the United Arab Republic (UAR), internationally during the first half of the 1970s. In 1970, he helped his country win the African Championship and also competed at that year’s World Championships, where the UAR placed 13th and last. The UAR also placed last two years later at the 1972 Munich Olympics. During the mid-1970s, he served on the board of directors for his club, but focused his administrative talents on the sport of golf, in which he was an Egyptian national champion and also represented his country abroad.
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