Fares El-Bakh

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Faris Ibrahim
Personal information
Full nameFaris Ibrahim Sayed Hassouna El-Bakh
NicknameMeso Hassouna[1]
NationalityQatari
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight95.95 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryQatar
SportWeightlifting
Event–96 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 178 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 228 kg (2019)
  • Total: 404 kg (2019)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Qatar
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pattaya –96 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Anaheim –94 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta –94 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tokyo –85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent –94 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tbilisi –85 kg

Faris Ibrahim Saed Hassouna El-Bakh (Arabic: فارس ابراهيم سعد حسونة الباخ, born 4 June 1998), commonly known as Meso Hassouna, is a Qatari weightlifter, Olympian and two time Junior World Champion competing in the 94 kg category until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]

He holds the junior world record in the clean & jerk (225 kg) and total (397 kg) in the 96 kg division.

Career

Olympics

He initially placed eighth at the men's 85 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[4][5] but was updated to seventh[2][6] after the original bronze medalist Gabriel Sîncrăian failed a drug test in October of that year.[7]

World Championships

In 2017 he moved up to the 94 kg category and competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, where he won a silver medal in the clean & jerk and originally placed fourth overall,[8] but was upgraded to a bronze medal in the total after the original silver medalist Aurimas Didžbalis was disqualified after failing a drug test.[9]

The next year he competed in the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, where he a bronze medal in the clean & jerk portion in the new 96 kg category.[10] During the competition he set a new junior world record in the clean and jerk.[11]

Other competitions

He competed at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships and won a bronze medal in the total in the clean & jerk and total in the 85 kg category. The following year he competed again at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships this time he a gold medal in the 85 kg category.[12]

In 2018 he defended his title as Junior World Champion, he won a gold medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg category. He also won the Asian Junior Championships in the 94 kg division,[13] later in 2018 he competed at the 2018 Asian Games and won the silver medal in the 94 kg category.[14] At the 5th International Qatar Cup[15][16] he swept gold in the 96 kg class,[17] where he set a junior world records in the clean & jerk with 225 kg and total with 397 kg.[18][19]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 85 kg 151 155 158 10 197 203 208 6 361 7
World Championships
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 94 kg 163 167 167 10 210 215 220 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 383 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 96 kg 171 174 174 9 217 217 222 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 388 5
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 96 kg 174 178 181 4 217 224 230 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 402 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 94 kg 166 170 170 3 215 222 222 2 381 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2016 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 85 kg 145 150 155 8 191 196 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 346 6
2019 China Ningbo, China 96 kg 170 174 174 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 221 221 222 — — —
World Junior Championships
2016 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 85 kg 150 155 155 8 196 196 201 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 346 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 Japan Tokyo, Japan 85 kg 156 160 163 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 193 193 200 1st place, gold medalist(s) 353 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 94 kg 163 167 170 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 205 215 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 385 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Qatar Cup
2018 Qatar Doha, Qatar 96 kg 168 171 172 1st place, gold medalist(s) 213 219 225 1st place, gold medalist(s) 397 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Qatar Doha, Qatar 96 kg 173 173 176 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 213 223 228 1st place, gold medalist(s) 404 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: ELBAKH, Fares Ibrahim E. H." IWF.net. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Fares Ibrahim E. H. Elbakh". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fares Ibrahim". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019.
  5. ^ Qatar-Tribune. "Rio 2016: Qatari Weightlifter Faris Ibrahim Ranks 8th in Men's 85Kg Weightlifting". Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Men's 85kg – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016. ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H.
  7. ^ ESPN. "Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. ^ IWF.net. "MORADI makes World Records fall". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  9. ^ "IWF Public Disclosure". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. ^ Iran Daily. "Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals". Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  11. ^ IWF.net. "Iranian Gold in the men's 96kg". Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  12. ^ IWF.net. "Qatari Gold – ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H. Junior World Champion". Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 Asian Junior Championships". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  14. ^ Gulf Times. "Fares Lifts silver, brings Qatar joy". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  15. ^ "PDF listing of 5th Qatar Cup 2018" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. ^ The Peninsula Qatar. "5th International Qatar Cup weightlifting championship begins". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  17. ^ الأولمبية.قطر. "Hassouna wins best weightlifter title in Qatar Cup". Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  18. ^ IWF.net. "5th International Qatar Cup". Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  19. ^ Gulf Times. "Fares tops Qatar Cup weightlifting". Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

External links

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