Karam Gaber


Karam Ibrahim Gaber is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 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. He was suspended by United World Wrestling for two years in August 2015, because of a "whereabouts failure" during his doping test.

Career

Gaber won with a gap of 12 points at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals. He competed against Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia in a historic match. Gaber also won with a huge leap over Mehmet Özal in the semifinals with 11 points. 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 at K-1's Dynamite event on December 31, 2004.
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. He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2015 He was getting ready and favorite to win another world gold as well the 2016 Olympics. with long time personal coach Jakob Panotas.
Karam Gaber was suspended by United World Wrestling for two years in August 2015 because of a "whereabouts failure" during a miss call/location for his doping test.

Mixed martial arts record