{{short description|Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ibrahim Moustafa | image = Ibrahim Moustafa.jpg | image_size = | caption = Ibrahim Moustafa at the 1928 Olympics | weight = | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|9|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Alexandria, Egypt | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|10|9|1904|9|23|df=yes}} | death_place = Mexico City, Mexico | sport = Greco-Roman wrestling | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{flag|Egypt|1922}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalGold | 1928 Amsterdam | Light heavyweight}} }}
'''Ibrahim Moustafa''' ({{langx|arz|ابراهيم مصطفى}}, 23 September 1904 – 9 October 1968)<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|title = مات ابراهيم مصطفى: اول مصري فاز بميدالية ذهبية في دورة اوليمبية|newspaper = Al-Ahram|location = Cairo|page = 7|language = ar|date = 10 October 1968}}</ref> was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57798 |title=Ibrahim Moustafa |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> At his first international tournament, the 1924 Olympics, he finished fourth in the light-heavyweight category. Four years later he won the gold medal in this event, becoming the second Egyptian Olympic champion after Sayed Nosseir. At the 1928 Summer Olympics he was the flag bearer for Egypt in the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=EGY |title=Flagbearers for Egypt |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> Next year, upon invitation from the Swedish Wrestling Federation, Moustafa toured Europe and competed in several international tournaments.
A carpenter by profession, upon returning home he became a wrestling coach, and prepared one of his three sons, Adel Ibrahim Moustafa, for the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. After his death, the annual Ibrahim Moustafa International Tournament was carried out in his honor.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/ibrahim-moustafa-1.html |title=Ibrahim Moustafa|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002191629/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/ibrahim-moustafa-1.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Olympedia|57798}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814170851/http://olympic-medallists.com/EGY.html |title=Egypt's first Olympic champions }}
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