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Abdelrahman El-Sefy

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Abdelrahman El-Sefy
Personal information
Born12 August 1998 (1998-08-12) (age 26)
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportGreco-Roman wrestling, Sumo
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Men's sumo
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Lightweight
Sumo World Championships
Bronze medal – third place Taoyuan 2018 Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 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

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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

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  1. ^ "2016−2023 World Sumo Championships". International Sumo Federation.
  2. ^ "Egyptian Sumo Athlete Wins Gold In World Games 2022". lovin.co.
  3. ^ a b 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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