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Karam Gaber

Gaber (first L to R) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 84 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Créteil 96 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 96 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari 97 kg

Karam Ibrahim Gaber (Egyptian Arabic: كرم ابراهيم جابر, born 1 September 1979) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] Gaber won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. At the 2012 London Olympics, he won his second Olympic medal, winning a silver.

Career

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Gaber won at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals[2] with a gap of 12 points (12–1), having competed against Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia who won the silver and Mehmet Özal of Turkey, whom Gaber defeated in the semifinals with 11 points (11–0). Gaber won the second gold medal for Egypt in Greco-Roman wrestling, the other being from the 1928 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]

Gaber competed in a mixed martial arts match against Kazuyuki Fujita (Greco-Roman Wrestling) at K-1's Dynamite event on 31 December 2004.[3]

Gaber was Egypt's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, although he failed to qualify for the quarter finals in Beijing. He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4]

In 2015, Gaber was a favorite to win another world gold at the 2016 Olympics with long time personal coach Jakob Panotas.

In February 2024, he announced his retirement due to an injury which prevented him from competing at the African Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics,[5] and he reconsidered recently and participated in a championship for veterans[5] winning Gold Medal in 2023 and Bronze Medal in 2024.[6][7]

Mixed martial arts record

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Professional record breakdown
1 match 0 wins 1 loss
By knockout 0 1
By submission 0 0
By decision 0 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–1 Japan Kazuyuki Fujita KO (punch) K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!! 31 December 2004 1 1:07

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karam Gaber". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Sisi stresses full support of medal-winning athletes". 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ Snowden, Jonathan. "13 MMA and UFC Olympic Gold Medalists and Those Who Fell Short". Bleacher Report.
  4. ^ "London 2012 – Wrestling – Men's 84 kg Greco-Roman". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Egypt's Olympic hero Karam Gaber retires from wrestling". KingFut. 27 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Veterans World Championships".
  7. ^ "Egyptian Wrestling Federation Official Facebook Article".
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