Abdelrahman El-Sefy

Abdelrahman El-Sefy

Personal information
Born	12 August 1998 (1998-08-12) (age 26)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling, Sumo
Medal record Representing  Egypt Men's sumo World Games 2022 Birmingham Lightweight Sumo World Championships Taoyuan 2018 Lightweight Osaka 2019 Lightweight
Updated on 20 June 2024

Abdelrahman Ehab Mohamed El-Sefy (born 12 August 1998) is an Egyptian sport wrestler who has competed in amateur sumo wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. As a sport wrestler, he competes in the 87 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. As an amateur sumo wrestler, he is a gold medalist at the World Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the Sumo World Championships.

Sumo career

In sumo wrestling, El-Safy first participated in the 2017 in the men's lightweight division, where he lost in the semifinals and repechages semifinals. He also competed in the World Sumo Championships, winning a bronze medal in 2018 and 2019.[1]

El-Safy returned to the World Games in 2022, again in the men's lightweight division. In the latter, he won the gold medal.[2][3] Conversely, the Egyptian sumo team, in which El-Sefy belonged to, was banned from competing in the remaining sumo events after "poor sportsmanship".[3] The poor organization and sportsmanship displayed during that competition led to sumo being dropped from the program ahead of the 2025 World Games.[4][5][6]

References

1. "2016−2023 World Sumo Championships". International Sumo Federation.
2. "Egyptian Sumo Athlete Wins Gold In World Games 2022". lovin.co.
3. Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
4. "Hanamichi: Sumo Dropped from World Games". tachiai.org. 16 July 2023.
5. Gunning, John (18 October 2023). "Sumo's Olympic dream requires fresh approach". The Japan Times.
6. Gunning, John (13 July 2022). "World Games chaos highlights amateur sumo's structural flaws". The Japan Times.

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