Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed

Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed

Personal information
Born	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26) Egypt
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Egypt Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 67 kg African Championships 2016 Alexandria 66 kg 2018 Port Harcourt 67 kg 2019 Hammamet 67 kg 2020 Algiers 67 kg 2023 Hammamet 67 kg 2017 Marrakesh 75 kg African Games 2019 Rabat 67 kg 2023 Accra 67 kg Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 67 kg Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 67 kg World U23 Championship 2018 Bucharest 67 kg 2019 Budapest 67 kg Event 1st 2nd 3rd African Championships 5 1 0 African Games 2 0 0 Mediterranean Games 0 1 0 Military World Games 1 0 0 Olympic Games 0 0 1 U23 World Championship 2 0 0 Total 10 2 1

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 67 kg 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 67 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.^[11] At the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China, he won the gold medal in the 67 kg 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 67 kg event.^[1] In his bronze medal match he defeated Artem Surkov.^[1]

He competed in the 67 kg 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] He competed in the 67 kg event at the Olympics.^[22]

On Friday, August 9, 2024, El-Sayed was arrested by French police for allegedly groping a woman from behind at a café in Paris.^[23] He was released after authorities reviewed CCTV footage of the incident and determined the offence to be "insufficiently serious.”^[24]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2016	African Wrestling Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	1st	Greco-Roman 66 kg
2017	African Wrestling Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	2nd	Greco-Roman 75 kg
2018	African Wrestling Championships	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2019	African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2020	African Wrestling Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2023	African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	1st	Greco-Roman 67 kg
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	1st	Greco-Roman 67 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.^[25]

References

1. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
3. Taylor. "Elsayed Wins Egypt's First World Gold Since 2006". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
4. "رئيس اتحاد المصارعة: "كيشو" موهبة وأمامه مشوار طويل للوصول للقمة". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
5. "2019: Fame and shame in Egyptian sports - Sports - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
6. "Africa Championship; Nigeria Greco Roman Wrestler falls in Egypt". Combats Corner. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
7. "Sports Harvest". www.sis.gov.eg. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
8. "Good day for North Africans at African Wrestling Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
9. Eric. "Weekly FIVE! March 26, 2019". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
10. "حصاد 2019: أبطال مصر أصحاب أفضل الإنجازات العالمية". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
11. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
12. "Results book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
13. 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. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
14. "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
15. Pavitt, Michael (8 February 2020). "Fergat reclaims African Wrestling Championships title in Algiers". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
16. "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
17. Ismail, Ali (21 December 2019). "Mohamed Ibrahim named best U-23 Wrestler". KingFut. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
18. Rowbottom, Mike (12 June 2021). "Levai misses gold after beating double Olympic champion Vlasov at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
19. "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
20. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
21. "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
22. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
23. "Paris 2024 Olympics: Egypt wrestler Mohamed 'Kesho' Ibrahim arrested for alleged sexual assault".
24. "Egyptian Olympic wrestler released from French police custody without charge, prosecutors say". AP News. 2024-08-10. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
25. "Egypt wrestler arrested in Paris for sexual assault. The charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence". BBC. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

External links

• Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed at the International Wrestling Database
• Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed at Olympedia