Ibrahim Moustafa ( ar, ابراهيم مصطفى, 23 September 1904 – 9 October 1968) was a

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

from

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. At his first international tournament, the 1924 Olympics, he finished fourth in the light-heavyweight category. Four years later he won the gold medal in this event, becoming the second Egyptian Olympic champion after Sayed Nosseir. Next year, upon invitation from the Swedish Wrestling Federation, Moustafa toured Europe and competed in several international tournaments. A carpenter by profession, upon returning home he became a wrestling coach, and prepared one of his three sons,

Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Adel Ibrahim Moustafa ( ar, عادل إبراهيم مصطفى, 18 January 1930 – 28 October 2005) was an Egyptian wrestler. He competed at the 1948 Olympics in the welterweight freestyle wrestling and at the 1952 Olympics in the middleweight ...

, for the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. After his death, the annual Ibrahim Moustafa International Tournament was carried out in his honor.

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* * 1904 births 1968 deaths Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Egyptian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Egypt Olympic gold medalists for Egypt Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Alexandria 20th-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-Olympic-medalist-stub