Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed (born 16 March 1998) is an Egyptian

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 ...

. He won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan. 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.

Career

In 2016, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the

African Wrestling Championships The African Wrestling Championships are amateur wrestling championships. Events are held in men's freestyle wrestling, men's Greco-Roman wrestling and women's freestyle wrestling. In 1996 a tournament for women was held for the first time. Edi ...

held in

Alexandria, Egypt 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, Alexandria ...

. He competed at the 2017 African Wrestling Championships held in Marrakesh, Morocco and won the silver medal in the 75 kg event. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt,

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, and won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the

held in Hammamet,

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and reached the semi-finals in the 67 kg event at the

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held in

Nur-Sultan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

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which has qualified him to represent Egypt at the

in Tokyo, Japan. At the

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held in Wuhan, China, he won the gold medal in the 67kg event. In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the

2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship The 2019 U23 World Wrestling Championships were the third edition of U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events, held from October 28 to November 3 in Budapest, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Ce ...

held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the

held in Algiers, Algeria. The same year, Ibrahim was named by the United World Wrestling association as the best U-23 wrestler. In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland. He represented Egypt at the

in Tokyo, Japan and he won one of the bronze medals in the 67kg event. In his bronze medal match he defeated Artem Surkov. He competed in the 67kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayed, Mohamed Ibrahim Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Egyptian male sport wrestlers African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2019 African Games Competitors at the 2023 African Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games 1998 births African Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic bronze medalists for Egypt Olympic wrestlers for Egypt 21st-century Egyptian people