Gamal Mohamed (wrestler) explained

Gamal Mohamed
Full Name:Gamal Abdelnaser Hanafy Mohamed
Country:Egypt
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:57 kg
Event:Freestyle

Gamal Abdelnaser Hanafy Mohamed is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time medalist, including gold, in the men's 57kg event at the African Games. He is a five-time medalist, including gold, at the African Wrestling Championships. He represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2019, he represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won one of the bronze medals in the 57kg event.[1]

In 2021, he competed at the African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] [3]

He won the gold medal in the men's 57kg event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[4] [5] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2023 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.

He competed in the men's freestyle 57kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] He was eliminated in his first match by Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico.[6]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018African Wrestling ChampionshipsPort Harcourt, Nigeria3rdFreestyle 57kg
2019African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia3rdFreestyle 57kg
African GamesRabat, Morocco3rdFreestyle 57kg
2020African Wrestling ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria3rdFreestyle 57kg
2022African Wrestling ChampionshipsEl Jadida, Morocco1stFreestyle 57kg
2023African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia2ndFreestyle 57kg
2024African GamesAccra, Ghana1stFreestyle 57kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book. United World Wrestling. live. 24 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200707163602/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf. 7 July 2020.
  2. News: Shefferd. Neil. 4 April 2021. Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 April 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf. 5 May 2021. 5 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  4. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 22 May 2022 . Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships . . 23 May 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.