Karam Gaber

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Competitor for  Egypt
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens 96 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold 2005 Almería 96 kg

Karam Ibrahim Gaber (Arabic: كرم إبراهيم جابر‎, born September 1, 1979 in Alexandria) 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] and won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships.

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Career

Gaber won with a gap of 12 points (12-1) at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals. He competed against Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia in an historic match. Gaber also won with a huge leap over Mehmet Özal in the semifinals with 11 points (11-0). This is the second gold medal for Egypt in Greco-Roman wrestling since 1928 Summer Olympics.

Gaber competed in a mixed martial arts match against Kazuyuki Fujita (Greco-Roman Wrestling) at K-1's Dynamite event on December 31, 2004. Ibrahim lost by knockout at 1:07 into the first round.

More recently, Gaber was Egypt's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. However, he failed to qualify for the quarter finals in Beijing.

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0-1 Kazuyuki Fujita KO (punch) K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!! 02004-12-31 December 31, 2004 1 1:07

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