Mahassen Fattouh Explained

Mahassen Hala Fattouh
Native Name:محاسن هالة مُحَمَّد فتوح
Native Name Lang:Arabic
Full Name:Mahassen Hala Mohammed Fattouh
Citizenship:Lebanese / American
Birth Date:1989 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Florida
Years Active:2005-present
Height:167 cm
Weight:69.6 kg[1]
Spouse:Ryan Paiva (2010-present)
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Mother:Susan Fattouh
Father:Mohammed Fattouh
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:64 kg / 71 kg / 76 kg
Coach:Rayford Jones / Ryan Paiva[2]
Worlds:10th
Regionals:1st
Olympics:9th
Pb:Snatch: 96kg (212lb)
Clean & Jerk: 124kg (273lb)
Total: 218kg (481lb)

Mahassen Hala Fattouh (born 27 August 1989)[3] is a Lebanese Olympic weightlifter. She represented Lebanon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 76 kg event, finishing 9th overall.[4] She holds 9 Lebanese national records across the 64kg, 71kg, and 76kg weight classes and has earned 14 IWF international medals.

In 2014, Fattouh became the first woman to represent Lebanon internationally in weightlifting, competing in the women's 63 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[5] In 2018, she earned the first women's IWF international medal for Lebanon in the women's 63 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. In 2019, she became the first female Arab Champion at the Arab Championship held in Amman, Jordan.[6] In 2024, Fattouh earned the first medal ever for Lebanese women's weightlifting at an Asian Championships event by achieving bronze in the clean and jerk at the 2024 Asian Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Major Results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
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Olympic Games
2020 (held in 2021)88 93 97 9 112 118 124 7 217 9
Mediterranean Games
201889 89 92 - 116116117 - -
Asian Championships
202476 kg 92 95 96 5 112 118122 218 4
202371 kg 86 90 94 10 105 110 115 10 209 10
IWF International Solidarity Championships
2018 64 kg 86 89 92 109 113 116 205
IWF Arab Championships
2019 71 kg 88 91 92 113 117 117 204
2018 64 kg 86 89 92 109 113 116 205
Manuel Suárez Memorial International Tournament
2020 64 kg 89 92 95 116 116 117 212

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XXXII OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS . Iwf.net . 2 January 2024.
  2. Web site: NAYA Mahassen Hala Fattouh: Lifting the weight of gender norms off her shoulders. Annahar. 10 February 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Women's 76 kg Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801145113/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW76KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  5. Web site: Bassam . Zaazzaa . First woman weightlifter to represent Lebanon at the Olympics: 'My dream has become a reality' . 28 July 2021 . Arab News . 28 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Matthew . Kynaston . Tokyo 2020: Mahassen Hala Fattouh, the weightlifter making Lebanese history . 28 December 2023.