Abdelrahman Yahia Abdulsalam Muhammad El-Trabily (also ''Abdelrahman El-Trabely'', ar, عبد الرحمن يحيي عبد السلام محمد الطرابيلي; September 7, 1989 – August 19, 2013) was an amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category.
El-Trabely represented
Egypt
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, where he competed for the
men's 120 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Cuban wrestler and defending Olympic champion
Mijaín López, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving El-Trabely without a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, El-Trabely offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. He was defeated in the first round by Georgia's
Guram Pherselidze
Guram Pherselidze ( ka, გურამ ფერსელიძე; born October 16, 1985, in Khelvachauri, Adjara) is an amateur Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category. He won a bronze medal in the sa ...
, with a three-set technical score (3–3, 0–4, 0–3), and a classification point score of 1–3.
El-Trabely was shot dead by Egyptian Security forces during a protest in support of
ousted Egyptian president
Mohamad Morsi.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile*
1989 births
2013 deaths
Egyptian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Egypt
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Port Said
Deaths by firearm in Egypt
Protest-related deaths
People shot dead by law enforcement officers
21st-century Egyptian people
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