Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed

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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.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}} In 2019, he represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg event. He is a two-time U23 World Champion.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf|title=2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707163602/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Taylor|title=Elsayed Wins Egypt's First World Gold Since 2006|url=http://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/elsayed-wins-egypts-first-world-gold-2006|access-date=22 November 2020|website=United World Wrestling|language=English}}{{Cite web|title=رئيس اتحاد المصارعة: "كيشو" موهبة وأمامه مشوار طويل للوصول للقمة|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2321417.aspx|access-date=22 November 2020|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar}}{{Cite web|title=2019: Fame and shame in Egyptian sports - Sports - Al-Ahram Weekly|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1224/358279/AlAhram-Weekly/Sports/-Fame-and-shame-in-Egyptian-sports.aspx|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Ahram Online|language=en}}

Career

In 2016, Ibrahim won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite web|date=5 March 2016|title=Africa Championship; Nigeria Greco Roman Wrestler falls in Egypt|url=https://naijacombatcorner.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/africa-championship-nigeria-greco-roman-wrestler-falls-in-egypt/|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Combats Corner|language=en}}

He competed at the 2017 African Wrestling Championships held in Marrakesh, Morocco and won the silver medal in the 75 kg event.{{Cite web|title=Sports Harvest|url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/122960/Sports-Harvest?lang=en-us|access-date=22 November 2020|website=www.sis.gov.eg|language=en}} In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=9 February 2018|title=Good day for North Africans at African Wrestling Championships|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1061283/good-day-for-north-african-athletes-at-african-wrestling-championships|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 November 2020|website=www.insidethegames.biz}} 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{{Cite web|last=Eric|title=Weekly FIVE! March 26, 2019|url=http://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/weekly-five-march-26-2019|access-date=22 November 2020|website=United World Wrestling|language=English}}{{Cite web|title=حصاد 2019: أبطال مصر أصحاب أفضل الإنجازات العالمية|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2342690.aspx|access-date=22 November 2020|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar}} and reached the semi-finals in the 67{{nbsp}}kg 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.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}} At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, he won the gold medal in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://res1.wuhan2019mwg.cn/WUHAN2019/WRE/PDF/WUHAN2019~2019-10-28~2019-10-28~171604591~DT_PDF~C100~WRE-------------------------------%7E%7E%7E1.0~P~.pdf|title=Results book|website=2019 Military World Games|url-status=dead|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=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|archive-date=17 November 2019}} 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.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=3 November 2019|title=Iran add third Greco-Roman gold medal to tally on last day of UWW Under-23 World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086631/iran-uww-under-23-world-championships|access-date=21 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2019|access-date=8 August 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}

In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=8 February 2020|title=Fergat reclaims African Wrestling Championships title in Algiers|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090297/african-wrestling-championships-seniors|url-status=live|access-date=18 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311201730/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090297/african-wrestling-championships-seniors|archive-date=11 March 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/results_02_alger.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616174611/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/results_02_alger.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2020|access-date=16 June 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} The same year, Ibrahim was named by the United World Wrestling association as the best U-23 wrestler.{{Cite web|last=Ismail|first=Ali|date=21 December 2019|title=Mohamed Ibrahim named best U-23 Wrestler|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2019/12/21/mohamed-ibrahim-best-u23-wrestler-2019/|access-date=22 November 2020|website=KingFut|language=en-GB}} In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=12 June 2021|title=Levai misses gold after beating double Olympic champion Vlasov at UWW Poland Open|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108980/uww-poland-open-warsaw|access-date=4 July 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Poland Open Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2021|access-date=4 July 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

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

He competed in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=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. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

He earned a quota place for Egypt for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}

On Friday, August 9, 2024, El-Sayed was arrested by French police for allegedly groping a woman from behind at a café in Paris.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c8dpmrrj6ggo | title=Paris 2024 Olympics: Egypt wrestler Mohamed 'Kesho' Ibrahim arrested for alleged sexual assault }} He was released after authorities reviewed CCTV footage of the incident and determined the offence to be "insufficiently serious.”{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=Egyptian Olympic wrestler released from French police custody without charge, prosecutors say |url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-egypt-wrestling-arrest-bb5cc1220f5779758b40a1631979de02 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Achievements

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!Year

!Tournament

!Location

!Result

!Event

2016

|African Wrestling Championships

|Alexandria, Egypt

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 66{{nbsp}}kg

2017

|African Wrestling Championships

|Marrakesh, Morocco

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Greco-Roman 75{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=2 | 2018

|African Wrestling Championships

|Port Harcourt, Nigeria

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

Mediterranean Games

|Tarragona, Spain

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=3 | 2019

|African Wrestling Championships

|Hammamet, Tunisia

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

African Games

|Rabat, Morocco

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

Military World Games

|Wuhan, China

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2020

|African Wrestling Championships

|Algiers, Algeria

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2021

|Summer Olympics

|Tokyo, Japan

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|African Wrestling Championships

|Hammamet, Tunisia

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

2024

|African Games

|Accra, Ghana

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 67{{nbsp}}kg

Personal life

In August 2024, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, French police arrested Ibrahim in Paris for alleged sexual assault. He was later released after the authorities reviewed CCTV footage and found no sexual assault took place.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c8dpmrrj6ggo |title=Egypt wrestler arrested in Paris for sexual assault. The charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence. |date=2024-08-09 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=BBC}}