Anwar Mesbah
Egyptian weightlifter (1913–1998)
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1936 Berlin | -67.5 kg |
Anwar Mesbah (Egyptian Arabic: انور مصباح; April 8, 1913 – November 25, 1998)[1] was an Egyptian weightlifter.
He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin.
Along with his compatriot weightlifter Khadr El-Touni's middleweight class gold medal, Mesbah won a gold medal for Egypt in the lightweight class, sharing the gold medal with Robert Fein with whom he tied, by lifting a record 342.5 kg.[2]
Born in Alexandria, Mesbah was considered a great athlete of his time.[3]
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners Archives". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- "Anwar Mesbah at the databaseOlympics.com". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- "Stats Anwar Mesbah". ABC. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
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- 1920: Alfred Neuland (EST)
- 1924: Edmond Decottignies (FRA)
- 1928: Hans Haas (AUT) / Kurt Helbig (GER)
- 1932: René Duverger (FRA)
- 1936: Robert Fein (AUT) / Anwar Mesbah (EGY)
- 1948: Ibrahim Shams (EGY)
- 1952: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1956: Ihor Rybak (URS)
- 1960: Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1964: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1968: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1972: Mukharby Kirzhinov (URS)
- 1976: Petro Korol (URS)
- 1980: Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1984: Yao Jingyuan (CHN)
- 1988: Joachim Kunz (GDR)
- 1992: Israel Militosyan (EUN)
- 1996: Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 2000: Galabin Boevski (BUL)
- 2004: Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2008: Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2012: Lin Qingfeng (CHN)
- 2016: Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2020: Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2024: Rizki Juniansyah (INA)
- 67.5 kg (1920–1992)
- 70 kg (1996)
- 69 kg (2000–2016)
- 73 kg (2020–)
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