Karam Gaber

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Gaber (first L to R) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

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Karam Ibrahim Gaber (Template:Langx, 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

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.[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.[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] in Addition Karam Gaber is certified as Professional wrestling Coach[8] and an actor in several movies along with being Brand Ambassador for several brands.

Gaber latest acting in the highly awaited series (Al Ghawy) that will be aired during the Holy Month of Ramadan (March 2025).[9]

Mixed martial arts record

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

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