Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed (born 16 March 1998) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1] In 2019, he represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg event. He is a two-time U23 World Champion.[2][3][4][5]
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Born | (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 24) Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2016, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.[6]
He competed at the 2017 African Wrestling Championships held in Marrakesh, Morocco and won the silver medal in the 75 kg event.[7] In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria,[8] and won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania.
In 2019, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia[9][10] and reached the semi-finals in the 67 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan which has qualified him to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11] At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, he won the gold medal in the 67 kg event.[12] In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.[13][14]
In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[15][16] The same year, Ibrahim was named by the United World Wrestling association as the best U-23 wrestler.[17] In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.[18][19]
He represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and he won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event.[1] In his bronze medal match he defeated Artem Surkov.[1]
He competed in the 67 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2016 | African Championships | Alexandria, Egypt | 1st | Greco-Roman 66 kg |
2017 | African Wrestling Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 2nd | Greco-Roman 75 kg |
2018 | African Wrestling Championships | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 1st | Greco-Roman 67 kg |
Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | Greco-Roman 67 kg | |
2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 1st | Greco-Roman 67 kg |
African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Greco-Roman 67 kg | |
Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 1st | Greco-Roman 67 kg | |
2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | Greco-Roman 67 kg |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 67 kg |
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