Sayed Hamed Abdelmoneim ( ar, سيد عبد المنعم سيد حامد; born September 25, 1988) is an amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's lightweight category.
Abdelmoneim represented
Egypt
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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, where he competed for the
men's 60 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Georgia's
Revaz Lashkhi
Revaz Lashkhi ( ka, რევაზ ლაშხი; born 26 May 1988 in Borjomi, Georgia) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg category. He beat Sa ...
, who was able to score eight points in two straight periods, leaving Abdelmoneim without a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the gold medal match, Abdelmoneim was offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the second round by Russia's
Zaur Kuramagomedov
Zaur Ismatulayevich Kuramagomedov (russian: Заур Исматулаевич Курамагомедов; born 30 March 1988) is a Russian wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Greco-Roman 60 kg category. , with a three-set technical score (4–1, 0–4, 0–2), and a classification score of 1–3.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1988 births
Living people
Egyptian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Egypt
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sport wrestlers from Cairo
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