Sherif Othman
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| Nationality | Egyptian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1982 Beni Mazar, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Police Sports Association: Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2008 2012 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 211kg (-59kg) WR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sherif Othman (born 15 September 1982) is an Egyptian Paralympic powerlifter competing in the -56 kg class.[1] Othman has participated in two Summer Paralympic Games winning gold in the -56 kg category in both. In the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing he broke the world record with a lift of 202.5 kg. He surpassed his own record when he record a weight of 205 kg at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championship. Then he surpassed his own record again of 205 kg when he record a weight of 211 kg at 2016 Summer Paralympics Games (Rio 2016) winning another gold medal.
References
- ^ "Othman Sherif". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
Categories:
- Egyptian powerlifters
- Paralympic powerlifters of Egypt
- Powerlifters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Powerlifters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Egypt
- African Games gold medalists for Egypt
- African Games medalists in weightlifting
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Paralympic medalists in powerlifting