Karim Abokahla Explained

Karim Abokahla
Birth Date:	1996 11, df=yes
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Country:	Egypt
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	89 kg

Karim Abokahla (Arabic: {{Script/Arabic|كريم أبو كحلة; born 11 November 1996)^[1] is an Egyptian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Abokahla represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event.^{[2] [3]}

In 2021, Abokahla competed in the men's 89kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[4] He won the silver medals in the men's 89kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[5]

He won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^{[6] [7]}

In 2024, he competed in the men's 89kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[8] He lifted 165 kg in the Snatch to place eighth provisionally but didn't make any attempt in the Clean & Jerk.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=65	1	width=65	2	width=65	3	width=45	Rank	width=65	1	width=65	2	width=65	3	width=45	Rank
Summer Olympics
	align=left	Paris, France		165	170	170		—	—	—			—
World Championships
	Tashkent, Uzbekistan		165	165	165	5	200	207	207	6	365	4
	align=left	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		169	172	174		208	208	213		387
IWF World Cup
	align=left	Phuket, Thailand	96 kg	165	171	171		205	—	—		370
African Games
	align=left	Rabat, Morocco	89 kg	152	160	164		185	195	201		365
African Championships
	align=left	Cairo, Egypt	96 kg	145	—	—		195	—	—		340
	align=left	Tunis, Tunisia	89 kg	162	167	167		200	208	213		375
	align=left	Ismailia, Egypt	89 kg	165	170	—		200	211	211		381
Mediterranean Games
	align=left	Oran, Algeria	89 kg	160	165	171		202	212	214

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703191716/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/2022-07-02/WLF-------------------------------__C32A_3.0.pdf . 3 July 2022 . 3 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
2. News: 3 September 2019 . Jeux africains 2019 de Rabat : l'élite continentale du sport avait rendez-vous . 27 August 2022 . Le Point . fr.
3. Web site: 2019 African Games Weightlifting Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200529163619/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=477 . 29 May 2020 . 29 May 2020 . IWF.
4. Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
5. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183534/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
6. News: Oliver . Brian . 13 September 2023 . Weightlifter Qasim wins Iraq's first World Championships gold medal in any sport . 28 September 2023 . InsideTheGames.biz.
7. Web site: 2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf . 17 September 2023 . 17 September 2023 . International Weightlifting Federation.
8. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.