Ibrahim Shams

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Ibrahim Shams ( Arabic إبراهيم شمس, DMG Ibrāhīm Šams ; * January 16, 1917 ; † January 2001 ) was an Egyptian weightlifter .

Career

He discovered his talent in weightlifting at the school in Alexandria . Soon after, the most famous Egyptian trainer of the time, Aziz Talaat, noticed him and took him under his wing. He made such rapid progress that he was nominated for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , where he also won a medal. He was 22 years old at the time, unusually slim and delicate for a weightlifter. For this reason, during his entire career, which was to last until 1951, the high-speed exercises snapping and pushing were his strengths. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II , he had set a new world record in Cairo in 1939 with 153.5 kg pushing the lightweight with both arms. After the end of the war he started again at featherweight, even if he had meanwhile grown into the lightweight. In 1948 he achieved the greatest success of his career and he became an Olympic champion.

After finishing his career in 1951, Shams became a coach. He was a devout Muslim and had seven sons.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight)

  • 1936, bronze medal , OS in Berlin , Fe, with 300 kg, behind Anthony Terlazzo , USA , 312.5 kg and Mohamed Soliman Saleh, Egypt , 305 kg;
  • 1938, unplaced, WM in Vienna , Le, with three invalid attempts in two-armed pushing;
  • 1946, 5th place , World Championships in Paris , Fe, with 295 kg;
  • 1948, gold medal , OS in London , with 360 kg, before Attia Mohammed , Egypt, 360 kg and James Halliday , Great Britain , 340 kg;
  • 1949, 1st place , World Championships in Scheveningen , Le, with 352.5 kg, ahead of Joe Pitman , USA, 342.5 kg and Arvid Andersson , Sweden , 322.5 kg;
  • 1951, 1st place , World Championships in Milan , Le, with 342.5 kg, ahead of Pitman, 337.5 kg and Ferdows, Iran , 327.5 kg
  • 1951, 1st place , Mediterranean Games in Alexandria , Le with 342.5 (95.0, 112.0, 135.0) kg, ahead of Ermanno Pignati, Italy, 307.5 (85.0, 100.0, 122.5) kg, and Bahjat Dalloul, Syria 300.0 (95.0, 95.5, 112.5) kg;

World records

in two-armed tearing:

  • 116.5 kg, 1939 in Alexandria, Le,

in two-armed thrusting:

  • 142.5 kg, 1936 in Alexandria, Le,
  • 144 kg, 1938 in Cairo, Le,
  • 147.5 kg, 1938 in Alexandria, Le,
  • 151 kg, 1939 in Cairo, Le,
  • 153.5 kg, in Cairo in 1939

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personal data
SURNAME Shams, Ibrahim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES إبراهيم شمس (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1917
DATE OF DEATH January 2001