Seraj Al-Saleem Explained

Seraj Al-Saleem
Birth Date:	1996 2, df=yes
Country:	Saudi Arabia
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	61 kg

Seraj Al-Saleem (born 10 February 1996)^[1] is a Saudi Arabian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^{[2] [3]} He also won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships, also held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^{[4] [5]}

He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^{[6] [7]} He finished in 5th place in the men's 61 kg event.^[6]

Career

In 2014, he competed in the men's 56kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[8] He also competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, United States and the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.^{[9] [10]}

He competed in the men's 56kg event at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.^[11] He also represented Saudi Arabia in the men's 56kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1]

He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.^{[12] [13]} He competed in the men's 61kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

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			124	127	129		159	166	166		288	5
World Championships
	align=left			94	98	101	29	119	123	124	30	220	29
	align=left			108	112	112	6	138	143	143	6	250	6
	align=left			118	123	125	16	147	154	154	13	277	14
	align=left			123	127	130	4	155	155	162		282
Asian Games
	align=left			108	108	108		137	141	144		249	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. 2018 Asian Games. 18 May 2020.
2. News: Oliver. Brian. 9 December 2021. South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 December 2021.
3. 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.
4. News: Oliver. Brian. 18 April 2021. World records for China and India at Asian Weightlifting Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 April 2021.
5. Web site: 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. 20 June 2021. International Weightlifting Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428124837/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/04/2020AsianResultsBook.pdf. 28 April 2021.
6. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210812121608/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf. 12 August 2021. 12 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
7. News: Oliver. Brian. 25 July 2021. Second weightlifting gold for China - and heartbreak for Saudi Arabian - at Tokyo 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 December 2021.
8. Web site: 2014 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127015721/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/11/Results_Book_Almaty2014.pdf . 27 November 2020 . 27 August 2022 . International Weightlifting Federation.
9. Web site: 2017 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210625132851/https://lsaf.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ResultsBook_Anaheim.pdf. 25 June 2021. 25 June 2021. lsaf.lt.
10. Web site: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf. 25 July 2021. 25 July 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
11. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530101026/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/54/AIMAG_WL_resultsBook.pdf. 30 May 2020. 30 May 2020.
12. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 12 August 2022 . Beteyob seals more weightlifting golds for Indonesia at Islamic Solidarity Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 24 August 2022.
13. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828054730/https://konya2021.com/img/Sonuclar/5th%20ISLAMIC%20SOLIDARITY%20GAMES%20%20RESULTS%20BOOK%20(WEIGHLIFTING).pdf . 28 August 2022 . 28 August 2022 . 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.