Karam Ibrahim Gaber ( ar, كرم إبراهيم جابر, born 1 September 1979 in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

) is an

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Greco-Roman

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. He won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. At the

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, he won a silver medal. He was suspended by

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for two years in August 2015, because of a "whereabouts failure" during his doping test.

Career

Gaber won at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals with a gap of 12 points (12–1), having competed against Ramaz Nozadze of

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and

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, beating him in the semifinals with 11 points (11–0). Gaber won the second gold medal for

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in Greco-Roman wrestling, the other being from the 1928 Summer Olympics. Gaber competed in a

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

match against

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(Greco-Roman Wrestling) at K-1's ''Dynamite'' event on December 31, 2004. Gaber was

's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in

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, although he failed to qualify for the quarter finals in Beijing. He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015, Gaber was a favorite to win another world gold at the 2016 Olympics with long time personal coach Jakob Panotas, until Gaber was suspended by

for two years in August 2015 due to a "whereabouts failure" during a miss call/location for his doping test.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

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Calgary Sun's interview with Kurt Angle, where he mentions Karam Gaber

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