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Mohamed Ihab

Mohamed Ihab
Personal information
Born (1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 (age 27)
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country  Egypt
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 77 kg

Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud (born 21 November 1989) is an Egyptian weightlifter.

Ihab was born in Faiyum, Egypt a city located 100 kilometres from Cairo. He was introduced to weightlifting by his father. Ihab started training with a coach at the age of 8 after his brother took him to a weightlifting gym. He went on to join the Egyptian national team at the age of 15 at a body weight of 56 kg. Ihab's biggest influence in weightlifting was his father, after his passing Mohamed decided to dedicate his life to the sport.

He won a bronze medal in the men's 77 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He also placed second in the Total for the 69 kg weight-class in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 334 kg. He also placed third in the Snatch (152 kg) and second in the Clean & Jerk (182 kg).



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