Ali Ibrahim

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Ali Ibrahim ({{langx|arz|على ابراهيم}}, 19 December 1971 – 28 March 2010) was an Egyptian rower who competed at four Olympic Games. He also won multiple World Rowing Cup medals, including three silver medals and two bronze medals.

Life and rowing career

Ali Ibrahim was born on 19 December 1971, in Al Sharqia, Egypt. He began rowing in 1990.

He became the most successful Egyptian rower, when he finished 8th in the men's single scull at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States, and 6th at the 1997 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France.{{cite web |url=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=173 |title=Aly Ibrahim |website=RowingOne.com |publisher=World Rowing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226015439/http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=173 |archive-date=2012-02-26}} He competed in the single again at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and although he moved into team boats, rowing in the eight and quad for the World Championships, he competed in the single scull again at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games in Athens and Beijing, respectively. He was the flag bearer for Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=EGY |title=Flagbearers for Egypt |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=27 December 2023}}

Death

He died on 28 March 2010, when a speeding car hit him as he was crossing Salah Salem Street in Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt, on his way to train the Egyptian national rowing team.{{cite news |title=Best Rower Dies |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/992/sp2.htm |newspaper=Al Ahram Weekly Online |date=1–7 April 2010 |location=Cairo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326023110/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/992/sp2.htm |archivedate=26 March 2013 |quote=Ali Ibrahim}}