weightlifting

Safaa Hassan wins bronze weightlifting medal in Paris Paralympics

Egyptian national weightlifting team member Safaa Hassan won the bronze medal in the 79kg weightlifting competitions at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Hassan won after outperforming her Irish competitor, Britney Arendse. She succeeded in lifting 134 kg in the first attempt, then 139 kg in the second attempt, but was unable to lift 146 kg …

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Egypt Independent September 8, 2024

Will Egypt’s weightlifting champion Sarah Samir embrace her dream once more?

Egyptian weightlifting champion Sarah Samir is amongst those most hotly anticipated by Olympic fans of Egypt’s many players at this year’s Paris 2024 Olympics, running from July 26 until August 11. The Egyptian delegation is participating with the largest number of players in its history in the Olympic Games with 149 main players and 16 …

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Egypt Independent July 27, 2024

Egypt wins 2023 Youth World Weightlifting Championships

Egypt won the 2023 Youth World Weightlifting Championships which was held from 25 March to 1 April in Durrës, Albania. Amongst them the team collected ten different medals, including four gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals. Egyptian weightlifter Rahma Ahmed won three medals: a gold medal in the clean category, a silver …

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Egypt Independent April 4, 2023

Sarah Samir wins 3 gold medals at 2022 USA Weightlifting Friendship Cup

Olympic champion and Egyptian female weightlifter Sarah Samir won three gold medals at the 2022 USA Weightlifting Friendship Cup, which kicked off in Las Vegas on July 3. Samir succeeded in lifting 110 kg in the snatch, 147 kg in the clean and jerk, and a total 257 kg in the weight category of 81 …

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Egypt Independent July 6, 2022

Egyptian weightlifter Neama Saeed wins 2nd gold medal at the Mediterranean Games

Egyptian weightlifter Neama Saeed won her second gold medal at the Mediterranean Games hosted by the Algerian city of Oran until July 5th. Saeed succeeded in lifting 121 kg in the women’s 71 kg clean and jerk competitions, surpassing Algeria, Tunisia, Italy and Spain, to win the first place and the gold medal. Her first …

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Egypt Independent July 4, 2022

Basma Emad wins bronze in weightlifting at the Mediterranean Games

Basma Emad Ibrahim, a female athlete at the Egyptian national weightlifting team, succeeded in winning the third place and the bronze medal in the Mediterranean Games, hosted by the Algerian city of Oran until July 5th. Emad managed to lift 113 kg in the women’s 59 kg Jerk competition, to take third place. She ranked …

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Egypt Independent July 3, 2022