Omar Qarada Explained

Omar Qarada
Native Name:عمر قرادة
Native Name Lang:ar
Full Name:Omar Sami Hamadeh Qarada
Birth Date:1981 3, df=yes
Country:Jordan
Sport:Paralympic powerlifting

Omar Sami Hamadeh Qarada (ar|عمر قرادة; born 1 March 1981) is a Jordanian Paralympic powerlifter. He is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at both the Summer Paralympics and the World Para Powerlifting Championships. He is the first powerlifter representing Jordan to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.[1]

Career

At the 2010 Asian Para Games held in Guangzhou, China, he won the gold medal in his event.

Qarada represented Jordan at the 2008, 2016, 2020 and the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[2] [3] He won a medal on all four of those occasions: in 2008, he won the silver medal in the men's 48kg and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's 49kg event, as well as gold in the men's 49kg at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2] [4] Both Qarada and Lê Văn Công of Vietnam lifted 173kg at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Qarada won the gold medal as a result of his lighter body weight.[5] [6] Qarada won the gold medal in the men's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.[7] [8]

Qarada is also a two-time gold medalist in his event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships; he won the gold medal both in 2010 and in 2021.[9] In 2017, he won the silver medal in the men's 49kg event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[10] At the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he also won the silver medal in the men's 49kg event.[11]

Results

YearVenueWeightAttempts (kg)TotalRank
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Summer Paralympics
align=left Beijing, China 157.5 162.5 162.5 169.5 162.5
align=left Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 170177 181 – 177
align=left Tokyo, Japan 170 172 173 – 173
2024 align=left Paris, France 49 kg 175 177 181 185 181

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 August 2021. Jordan history-maker Omar Qarada's twin passions - powerlifting and his wife. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211125110511/https://www.paralympic.org/news/jordan-history-maker-omar-qarada-s-twin-passions-powerlifting-and-his-wife. 25 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Paralympic.org.
  2. Web site: Omar Sami Hamadeh Qarada. paralympic.org. 8 January 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  3. News: 8 November 2021. From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Omar Qarada. Paralympic.org. 25 November 2021.
  4. News: 26 August 2021. World record debut for Guo Lingling on day of first-time champions. Paralympic.org. 26 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Jordan's Omar Qarada wins first powerlifting gold at Tokyo Paralympics. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128125413/https://ocasia.org/news/2274-jordans-omar-qarada-wins-first-powerlifting-gold-at-tokyo-paralympics.html. 28 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Olympic Council of Asia.
  6. Web site: Powerlifting Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830130058/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/PWL/PG2020-_PWL_B99_PWL-------------------------------.pdf. 30 August 2021. 2 September 2021. 2020 Summer Paralympics.
  7. Web site: Powerlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240908194033/https://www.paralympic.org/OG2024/pdf/PG2024/PWL/PG2024_PWL_B99_PWL-------------------------------.pdf . 8 September 2024 . 9 September 2024 . 2024 Summer Paralympics.
  8. News: 5 September 2024 . A world-record lift as Lingling powers up to 123kg . 9 September 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  9. Web site: 28 November 2021. Tbilisi 2021: World record falls in historic start. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128202408/https://www.paralympic.org/news/tbilisi-2021-world-record-falls-historic-start. 28 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Paralympic.org.
  10. Web site: 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships - Men's up to 49kg Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507031126/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resPOMC17/pdf/POMC17/PO/POMC17_PO_C73_POM049000.pdf. 7 May 2021. 28 November 2021. International Paralympic Committee.
  11. Web site: 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships - Men's up to 49kg Results. 13 July 2019. International Paralympic Committee. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826105356/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resPOAS19/pdf/POAS19/PO/POAS19_PO_C73_POM049000.pdf. 26 August 2021.

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