Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed Explained

Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed
Birth Date:1998 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Egypt
Country:Egypt
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman

Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed (born 16 March 1998) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1] In 2019, he represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 67kg event. He is a two-time U23 World Champion.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Career

In 2016, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.[6]

He competed at the 2017 African Wrestling Championships held in Marrakesh, Morocco and won the silver medal in the 75 kg event.[7] In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria,[8] and won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania.

In 2019, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia[9] [10] and reached the semi-finals in the 67kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan which has qualified him to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11] At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, he won the gold medal in the 67kg event.[12] In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.[13] [14]

In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[15] [16] The same year, Ibrahim was named by the United World Wrestling association as the best U-23 wrestler.[17] In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.[18] [19]

He represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and he won one of the bronze medals in the 67kg event.[1] In his bronze medal match he defeated Artem Surkov.[1]

He competed in the 67kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20]

He earned a quota place for Egypt for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[21]

On Friday, August 9, 2024, El-Sayed was arrested by French police for allegedly groping a woman from behind at a café in Paris.[22] He was released after authorities reviewed CCTV footage of the incident and determined the offence to be "insufficiently serious.”[23]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2016African Wrestling ChampionshipsAlexandria, Egypt1stGreco-Roman 66kg
2017African Wrestling ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco2ndGreco-Roman 75kg
2018African Wrestling ChampionshipsPort Harcourt, Nigeria1stGreco-Roman 67kg
Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain2ndGreco-Roman 67kg
2019African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia1stGreco-Roman 67kg
African GamesRabat, Morocco1stGreco-Roman 67kg
Military World GamesWuhan, China1stGreco-Roman 67kg
2020African Wrestling ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria1stGreco-Roman 67kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan3rdGreco-Roman 67kg
2023African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia1stGreco-Roman 67kg
2024African GamesAccra, Ghana1stGreco-Roman 67kg

Personal life

In August 2024, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, French police arrested Ibrahim in Paris for alleged sexual assault.[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Taylor. Elsayed Wins Egypt's First World Gold Since 2006. 22 November 2020. United World Wrestling. English.
  4. Web site: رئيس اتحاد المصارعة: "كيشو" موهبة وأمامه مشوار طويل للوصول للقمة. 22 November 2020. بوابة الأهرام. ar.
  5. Web site: 2019: Fame and shame in Egyptian sports - Sports - Al-Ahram Weekly. 22 November 2020. Ahram Online. en.
  6. Web site: 5 March 2016. Africa Championship; Nigeria Greco Roman Wrestler falls in Egypt. 22 November 2020. Combats Corner. en.
  7. Web site: Sports Harvest. 22 November 2020. www.sis.gov.eg. en.
  8. Web site: 9 February 2018. Good day for North Africans at African Wrestling Championships. 22 November 2020. www.insidethegames.biz.
  9. Web site: Eric. Weekly FIVE! March 26, 2019. 22 November 2020. United World Wrestling. English.
  10. Web site: حصاد 2019: أبطال مصر أصحاب أفضل الإنجازات العالمية. 22 November 2020. بوابة الأهرام. ar.
  11. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  12. Web site: Results book. 2019 Military World Games. dead. 21 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20191117063029/https://res1.wuhan2019mwg.cn/WUHAN2019/WRE/PDF/WUHAN2019~2019-10-28~2019-10-28~171604591~DT_PDF~C100~WRE-------------------------------~~~1.0~P~.pdf. 17 November 2019.
  13. News: Etchells. Daniel. 3 November 2019. Iran add third Greco-Roman gold medal to tally on last day of UWW Under-23 World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 May 2020.
  14. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf. 28 December 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
  15. News: Pavitt. Michael. 8 February 2020. Fergat reclaims African Wrestling Championships title in Algiers. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 18 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200311201730/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090297/african-wrestling-championships-seniors. 11 March 2020.
  16. Web site: 2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616174611/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/results_02_alger.pdf. 16 June 2020. 16 June 2020. United World Wrestling.
  17. Web site: Ismail. Ali. 21 December 2019. Mohamed Ibrahim named best U-23 Wrestler. 22 November 2020. KingFut. en-GB.
  18. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 12 June 2021. Levai misses gold after beating double Olympic champion Vlasov at UWW Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  19. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
  20. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  21. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  22. Web site: Paris 2024 Olympics: Egypt wrestler Mohamed 'Kesho' Ibrahim arrested for alleged sexual assault .
  23. Web site: 2024-08-10 . Egyptian Olympic wrestler released from French police custody without charge, prosecutors say . 2024-08-13 . AP News . en.
  24. Web site: Egypt wrestler arrested in Paris for sexual assault. The charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence. . 2024-08-09 . 2024-08-09 . BBC.

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