Ahmed Ismail

Ahmed Ismail
Data
Birth Name	Ahmed Ismail El Shamy Arabic أحمد اسماعيل الشامي
Weight class	81 kg
nationality	Egypt
birthday	October 21, 1975
place of birth	Cairo , Egypt
size	183 cm

Ahmed Ismail medal table
Boxing
Egypt
Africa Games
bronze	1999 Johannesburg	Light heavyweight
gold	2003 Abuja	Light heavyweight
Mediterranean Games
bronze	2001 Tunis	Light heavyweight
Olympic games
bronze	2004 Athens	Light heavyweight

Ahmed Ismail El Shamy ( Arabic أحمد اسماعيل الشامي; * October 21, 1975 in Cairo ) is a former Egyptian boxer . Ismail was winner of the 2003 African Games and bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games .

Career

In 1999, Ismail first took part in the light heavyweight division (-81 kg) in the Africa Games and finished third after losing to Mohamed Bahari , Algeria , in the semifinals . At the Mediterranean Games in 2001, he also won the bronze medal.

In 2003 Ismail took part in the World Championships and, after winning over Hamed Yassin, Brunei (RSC 2nd), and Batmönchiin Enchbajar , Mongolia (DQ 3rd), reached the quarter-finals, which he lost to Rudolf Kraj , Czech Republic (25:14) . At the African Games the following year, Ismail won the gold medal, beating Isaac Ekpo, Nigeria (16:12) in the final.

With this success Ismail also qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in which he compared Shohrat Kubranov, Turkmenistan (44:22), Trevor Stewardson, Canada (38:22), and by an injury to the opponent against Helias Pavlidis, Greece , won before he lost in the semifinals against Magomed Aripgadijew , Belarus (23:20) and thus won the Olympic bronze medal.

After this success Ismael ended his career.

Web links

• Ahmed Ismail in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Boxing World Championships 2003 in Bangkok . boxing.org.au. Retrieved February 20, 2015.