Nebil Ibrahim

Nebil Mahmud Ibrahim (Swedish pronunciation: [nɛˈbiːl ˈɪ̌bːrahɪm, - ˈǐːbra-];^[1] born 2 December 2000) is a Swedish featherweight boxer. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Nebil Ibrahim

Ibrahim at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	Nebil Mahmud Ibrahim (2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 24) Uppsala, Sweden
Home town	Uppsala, Sweden
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Boxing
Position	Orthodox
Weight class	Featherweight (−57 kg)
Club	Upsala IF
Coached by	Mosa Sayed
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  Sweden European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Featherweight
Updated on 29 July 2024

Early life

Ibrahim was born in Uppsala^[2] within a family of boxers – one of them being his maternal uncle Mosa Sayed, who is also his trainer. He grew up between the Uppsala boroughs of Gränby [sv] and Stenhagen [sv].^[3]

Career

Ibrahim started practicing boxing as early as the age of 12.^[4] After winning the Swedish Junior Championship in 2017, he won the Swedish Championship in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and went on to become Nordic champion in 2023.^[1] He came fifth in his category at the 2022 Amateur Championships in Yerevan.^[5]

As the bronze medallist in his category at the 2023 European Games in Poland, Ibrahim qualified to represent Sweden at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he was eliminated in the round of 16.^[1][5]