Mohamed Ihab

Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud (born 21 November 1989) is an Egyptian weightlifter,[1] and World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Mohamed Ihab
Personal information
Full nameMohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud
Nationality Egypt
Born (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989
Faiyum, Egypt
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight80.72 kg (178 lb)
Sport
Country Egypt
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–81 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 173 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 201 kg (2015)
  • Total: 373 kg (2018)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro–77 kg
World Championships
2017 Anaheim–77 kg
2014 Almaty–69 kg
2015 Houston–77 kg
2018 Ashgabat–81 kg
African Games
2019 Rabat–81 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona–77 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 77 kg

Early life

Ihab was born in Faiyum, Egypt a city located 100 kilometers 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.[3]

Career

Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 77 kg[4] weight class, getting third place for both the snatch and clean & jerk, giving him an overall bronze medal.[5][6]

World Championships

In 2014 he won the silver medal in the Total for the 69 kg weight-class in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 334 kg. He also won a bronze medal in the Snatch (152 kg) and silver in the Clean & Jerk (182 kg).[7]

In the following year he competed in the 77 kg weight-class at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, winning a bronze medal in the total initially. The original silver medalist Kim Kwang-song failed a drug test[8] and his lifts were disqualified, giving Ihab the silver medal to go along with a silver medal in the clean & jerk.

In 2017 he competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category. He became World Champion, winning gold medals[9] in all lifts, giving Egypt its first overall gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships since Said Khalifa Gouda and Ibrahim Shams won gold medals in 1951.[10]

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Ihab competed in the newly created 81 kg category. In the snatch portion of the competition he lifted a new world record[11] of 173 kg, which exceeded the world record set by Lü Xiaojun minutes earlier, this secured him the gold medal in the snatch. With his first two attempts of 196 kg and 200 kg in the clean & jerk portion he set two new world records of 369 kg and 373 kg[12] in the total. This was not enough to win gold as Lü Xiaojun lifted 202 kg, giving him a 1 kg lead over Ihab as he won the silver medal.[13]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil77 kg16016516831961962033361
World Championships
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan69 kg145149152177177182334
2015 Houston, United States77 kg1571621666193197201363
2017 Anaheim, United States77 kg160165168191191196361
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg165170173 CWR196200203373 WR
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona, Spain77 kg1581621661861901963521

References
  1. rio2016.com
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
  3. Mohamed Ehab Interview – All Things Gym, retrieved 16 December 2016
  4. Olympic.org. "Rio 2016 77kg Men". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. "Mohamed Mahmoud". Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. Olympic.org. "WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD RECORD FOR RAHIMOV, AS CHINA'S XIANG ALSO TAKES GOLD". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. World Weightlifting Championships Results Book
  8. IWF.net. "Doping Sanctions". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  9. IWF.net. "MAHMOUD Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed (EGY) made it to the top". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  10. Ahram.org. "Weightlifting: Mohamed Ihab gives Egypt three gold medals at World Championship". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. nileinternational.net. "Weightlifting: Egypt's Mohamed Ihab wins gold medal at world championship, sets record". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  12. IWF.net. "World Record Parade in the men's 81kg". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. cairoscene. "EGYPT'S MOHAMED IHAB BREAKS WORLD RECORD AT INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP 2018". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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