Karam Gaber
 Gaber(first L to R)at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men'sGreco-Roman wrestling | ||
Representing Egypt
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Olympic Games
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2004 Athens | 96 kg |
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2012 London | 84 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2002 Moscow | 96 kg |
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2003 Créteil | 96 kg |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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2001 Tunis | 97 kg |
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2005 Almería | 96 kg |
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1997 Bari | 97 kg |
Karam Ibrahim Gaber(Egyptian Arabic:كرم ابراهيم جابر,born 1 September 1979) is anEgyptianGreco-Romanwrestler.He won the gold medal in theMen's Greco-Roman 96 kgat the2004 Summer Olympics.[1]Gaber won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. At the2012 London Olympics,he won his second Olympic medal, winning a silver.
Career
[edit]Gaber won at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals[2]with a gap of 12 points (12–1), having competed againstRamaz NozadzeofGeorgiawho won the silver andMehmet Özalof Turkey, whom Gaber defeated in the semifinals with 11 points (11–0). Gaber won the second gold medal forEgyptin Greco-Roman wrestling, the other being from the1928 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
Gaber competed in amixed martial artsmatch againstKazuyuki Fujita(Greco-Roman Wrestling) atK-1'sDynamiteevent on 31 December 2004.[3]
Gaber wasEgypt's flagbearer at theOpening Ceremonyfor the2008 OlympicsinBeijing,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 theAfrican Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournamentfor the2024 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
[edit]| 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 |  Kazuyuki Fujita
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KO (punch) | K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!! | 31 December 2004 | 1 | 1:07 |
References
[edit]- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Karam Gaber".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.
- ^"Sisi stresses full support of medal-winning athletes".17 August 2021.
- ^Snowden, Jonathan."13 MMA and UFC Olympic Gold Medalists and Those Who Fell Short".Bleacher Report.
- ^"London 2012 – Wrestling – Men's 84 kg Greco-Roman".www.olympic.org.IOC.Retrieved21 November2014.
- ^ab"Egypt's Olympic hero Karam Gaber retires from wrestling".KingFut. 27 February 2024.
- ^"Veterans World Championships".
- ^"Egyptian Wrestling Federation Official Facebook Article".
External links
[edit]- Official Website:https://karamgaber.online/
- Professional MMA record for Karam GaberfromSherdog
- Calgary Sun's interview with Kurt Angle, where he mentions Karam Gaber
- Angle wants a gift of Gaber: Says WWE brass must hire Egyptian gold medallist[usurped]
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Egyptian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Egypt
- Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Egypt
- Olympic silver medalists for Egypt
- Egyptian male mixed martial artists
- Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
- Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling
- Sportspeople from Alexandria
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in wrestling
- Egyptian sportspeople in doping cases
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- 20th-century Egyptian people
- 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople