Karam Gaber

Olympic wrestler

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

Karam Gaber
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 2003 Créteil – 96 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 96 kg

Gaber won at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals 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).[1]

Gaber competed in a mixed martial arts match against Kazuyuki Fujita (Greco-Roman Wrestling) at K-1's Dynamite event on 31 December 2004.[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "London 2012 Profile, Karam Mohamed Gaber Ebrahim". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. "Bleacher Report".