Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta ( ; ar, محمد محمد الأمير عوض السيد عطا ; September 1, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was an Egyptian hijacker and the ringleader of the September 11 attacks in 2001 in which fo ...
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Mohamed Elsayed ( ar, محمد السيد) is an Egyptian
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who competed in the heavyweight class (81 – 91 kg) at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
.
Career
In 2003 he captured the silver medal in his weight division at the
All-Africa Games
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in
Abuja, Nigeria
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when he lost the final to local Emmanuel Izonritei.
At the Olympics he made it to the semi finals, but was stopped when a medical test revealed that he had a broken arm. He did receive a bronze medal.
Olympic results
*Defeated Igor Alborov (Kazakhstan) 18-18, countback decision
*Defeated
Adam Forsyth
Adam Forsyth (born 31 March 1981 in Kawerau, New Zealand) is an Australian amateur boxer who competed at the 2004 Olympics in the men's heavyweight division. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
*Lost to
Viktar Zuyev
Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu ( be, Ві́ктар Вале́р'евіч Зу́еў, Viktar Valeryevich Zuyew, Łacinka: ''Viktar Valierjevič Zujeŭ''; russian: Ви́ктор Вале́рьеви ...