Nebil Ibrahim

{{short description|Swedish boxer (born 2000)}}

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Nebil Mahmud Ibrahim ({{IPA|sv|nɛˈbiːl ˈɪ̌bːrahɪm, - ˈǐːbra-}};{{cite web|title=IBRAHIM Nebil|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/nebil-ibrahim_1565074|work=Paris 2024|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2024-07-29}} born 2 December 2000) is a Swedish featherweight boxer. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Early life

Ibrahim was born in Uppsala{{cite web|title=Nebil Ibrahim|url=https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/n/nebil-ibrahim.html|publisher=Swedish Olympic Committee|language=sv|access-date=2024-07-29}} within a family of boxers{{snd}}one of them being his maternal uncle Mosa Sayed, who is also his trainer. He grew up between the Uppsala boroughs of {{ill|Gränby|sv}} and {{ill|Stenhagen, Uppsala|lt=Stenhagen|sv|Stenhagen}}.{{cite web|last=Skagerström|first=Tobias|title=Hoppas på OS efter guldet i SM|url=https://unt.se/sport/boxning/artikel/hoppas-pa-os-efter-guldet-i-sm/9lyzyqvj|work=Upsala Nya Tidning|language=sv|date=2020-01-10|url-access=subscription|access-date=2024-07-29}}

Career

Ibrahim started practicing boxing as early as the age of 12.{{cite web|last=Lidkvist|first=Tobias|title=Nebil Ibrahim talks 2024 Olympics: 'The Bulgarian from Cuba – he's my nemesis'|url=https://frontkick.online/sweden/nebil-ibrahim-talks-2024-olympics-the-bulgarian-from-cuba-hes-my-nemesis/|work=Frontkick.online|date=2024-03-15|access-date=2024-07-29}} After winning the Swedish Junior Championship in 2017, he won the Swedish Championship in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and went on to become Nordic champion in 2023. He came fifth in his category at the 2022 Amateur Championships in Yerevan.{{cite web|title=IBRAHIM Nebil Mahmud|url=https://results.european-games.org/EG2023/ENG/bios/1024432|work=European Games 2023|publisher=European Olympic Committees|access-date=2024-07-29}}

As the bronze medallist in his category at the 2023 European Games in Poland, Ibrahim qualified to represent Sweden at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he was eliminated in the round of 16.

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