Fares El-Bakh Explained

Fares Ibrahim
Full Name:Fares Ibrahim Sayed Hassouna El-Bakh
Nickname:Meso Hassouna[1]
Nationality:Qatari
Coach:Ibrahim El-Bakh
Birth Date:1998 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Egypt
Height:1.78 m[2]
Weight:95.95 kg
Country:Qatar
Place Of Birth:Egypt
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:–96 kg

Fares Ibrahim Saed Hassouna El-Bakh (Arabic: فارس ابراهيم سعد حسونة الباخ, born 4 June 1998), commonly known as Meso Hassouna, is a Qatari weightlifter of Egyptian origin. He is an Olympic Champion, World Champion and two time Junior World Champion competing in the 85 kg, and 94 kg categories until 2018 and 96 kg and 102 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. His father, Ibrahim Hassouna, represented Egypt at three consecutive Olympics from 1984 to 1992.

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] At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he competed in the 96 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition, he was in fourth place with a 177 kg lift, although the difference between first and fifth place was just 2 kg. In the clean & jerk section, he attempted his first lift after every competitor had finished their lifts. He successfully lifted 217 kg, clinching the gold medal, he followed himself with an Olympic record lift of 225 kg, which gave him a total of 402 kg (also an Olympic record).[8] He attempted, but failed a world record lift of 232 kg, his total of 402 kg was 15 kg greater than the silver and bronze medalists. With his Olympic gold, he became the first Qatari Olympic Champion, regardless of sport.[9]

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,[10] but was upgraded to a bronze medal in the total after the original silver medalist Aurimas Didžbalis was disqualified after failing a drug test.[11]

The next year he competed in the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, where he won a bronze medal in the clean & jerk portion in the new 96 kg category.[12] During the competition he set a new junior world record in the clean and jerk.[13]

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 got a gold medal in the 85 kg category.[14]

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,[15] later in 2018 he competed at the 2018 Asian Games and won the silver medal in the 94 kg category.[16] At the 5th International Qatar Cup[17] [18] he swept gold in the 96 kg class,[19] where he set a junior world records in the clean & jerk with 225 kg and total with 397 kg.[20] [21]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rankwidth=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
151 155 158 10 197 203 208 6 361 7
align=left 173 177 177 4 217 225 OR 232 1 402 OR
World Championships
163 167 167 10 210 215 220 383
171 174 174 9 217 217 222 388 5
174 178 181 4 217 224 230 402
172 175 175 6 217 222 229 394
170 174 177 5 217 -- -- 391
170 174 176 15 218 223 223 388 7
Asian Games
166 170 170 3 215 222 222 2 381
Asian Championships
Tashkent, Uzbekistan85 kg 145 150 155 8 191 196 200 346 6
201996 kg 170 174 174 221 221 222 — — —
2020102 kg 174 174 174 222 229 232 396
Manama, Bahrain102 kg 171175176215----386
World Junior Championships
2016 85 kg 150 155 155 8 196 196 201 346
85 kg 156 160 163 193 193 200 353
align=left 94 kg 163 167 170 205 215 — 385
IWF Grand Prix
2023 102 kg 172 176 179 221 224 232 400
Qatar Cup
96 kg 168 171 172 213 219 225 397
96 kg 173 173 176 213 223 228 404

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Biography: ELBAKH, Fares Ibrahim E. H. . IWF.net . September 24, 2019.
  2. Web site: Fares Ibrahim E. H. Elbakh . Rio2016.com . 30 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826130927/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fares-ibrahim-e-h-elbakh . 26 August 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181210015809/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M96A.pdf . 10 December 2018 . live.
  4. Fares Ibrahim . https://web.archive.org/web/20190630172432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ib/fares-ibrahim-1.html . 2019-06-30.
  5. Web site: Rio 2016: Qatari Weightlifter Faris Ibrahim Ranks 8th in Men's 85Kg Weightlifting . Qatar-Tribune . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181210015828/http://www.qatar-tribune.com/Latest-News/ArtMID/423/ArticleID/4666/Rio-2016-Qatari-Weightlifter-Faris-Ibrahim-Ranks-8th-in-Mens-85Kg-Weightlifting . 10 December 2018 . live.
  6. Web site: Men's 85kg – Standings . Rio 2016 . 30 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201749/https://www.rio2016.com/en/weightlifting-standings-wl-mens-85kg . 22 September 2016 . dead . ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H..
  7. Web site: Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test . ESPN . 13 October 2016 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330014808/http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/17783940/romanian-weightlifter-gabriel-sincraian-lose-bronze-medal-failed-rio-olympic-drug-test . 30 March 2019 . live.
  8. News: Weightlifting-Qatar's Elhakh wins gold in men's 96 kg event . Reuters . 31 July 2021 . July 31, 2021.
  9. Web site: Fares El-Bakh makes history for Qatar and sets new Olympic record with gold in 96kg men's weightlifting final . Tokyo 2020 . 31 July 2021 . 31 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731153742/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/fares-el-bakh-makes-history-for-qatar-sets-new-olympic-record-to-take-gold-in-96 . dead.
  10. Web site: MORADI makes World Records fall . IWF.net . 4 December 2017 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209213108/https://www.iwf.net/2017/12/04/world-records-fall-moradi/ . 9 December 2018 . live.
  11. Web site: IWF Public Disclosure . IWF.net . 23 January 2018 . September 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924184325/https://www.iwf.net/2018/01/23/public-disclosures-8/ . 24 September 2019 . live.
  12. Web site: Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals . Iran Daily . 24 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224221944/http://www.iran-daily.com/News/234001.html . 24 December 2018 . live.
  13. Web site: Iranian Gold in the men's 96kg . IWF.net . 7 November 2018 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214608/https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/07/iranian-gold-mens-96kg/ . 19 November 2018 . live.
  14. Web site: Qatari Gold – ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H. Junior World Champion . IWF.net . 20 June 2017 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181210015800/https://www.iwf.net/2017/06/20/qatari-gold-elbakh-fares-ibrahim-e-h-junior-world-champion/ . 10 December 2018 . live.
  15. Web site: 2018 Asian Junior Championships . iwf.net . 31 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003748/https://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=421 . 1 September 2018 . live.
  16. Web site: Fares Lifts silver, brings Qatar joy . Gulf Times . 26 August 2018 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209213232/https://www.gulf-times.com/story/603938/Fares-Lifts-silver-brings-Qatar-joy . 9 December 2018 . live.
  17. Web site: PDF listing of 5th Qatar Cup 2018 . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181222082059/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/12/Start_book_DOHA.pdf . 22 December 2018 . live.
  18. Web site: 5th International Qatar Cup weightlifting championship begins . The Peninsula Qatar . 21 December 2018 . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221130347/https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/21/12/2018/5th-International-Qatar-Cup-weightlifting-championship-begins . 21 December 2018 . live.
  19. Web site: Hassouna wins best weightlifter title in Qatar Cup . الأولمبية.قطر . 24 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224220503/http://xn--igbhee6kbhwv.xn--wgbl6a/en/Media/News/Pages/Hassouna-wins-best--weightlifter-title-in-Qatar-Cup-.aspx . 24 December 2018 . live.
  20. Web site: 5th International Qatar Cup . IWF.net . 22 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223030257/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=444 . 23 December 2018 . live.
  21. Web site: Fares tops Qatar Cup weightlifting . Gulf Times . 22 December 2018 . 23 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223130449/https://www.gulf-times.com/story/617211/Fares-tops-Qatar-Cup-weightlifting . 23 December 2018 . live.

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