Mohamed Ihab
Mahmoud Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed (born November 21, 1989 in Faijum ) is an Egyptian weightlifter . He won at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , the bronze medal in the middleweight division . In 2017 he became world champion in duel, snatch and push in the same weight class in Anaheim .
Career
Mohamed Ihab grew km where about 100 south of Cairo located Fayoum on. His father was already a weight lifter and encouraged his son Mohamed to do this sport too. In his student years, Mohamed Ihab also did rings . Soon, however, his greater talent for weightlifting emerged and he focused on this sport. At the age of fifteen and a half he was accepted into the junior national team of Egypt.
At the age of 18, he started for the first time in an international championship, the Junior World Championship in Prague . At that time it was still very light and started in bantamweight , the weight class up to 56 kg body weight. With his performance of 238 kg (105-133), he achieved 5th place. At the Junior World Championship in 2008 he came in featherweight (up to 62 kg) to 272 kg (123-149) and won the silver medal.
In 2009 Mohamed Ihab was used at four international championships. At the Junior World Championships in Bucharest he achieved featherweight 284 kg (128-156), which reached 4th place. After that he became both the African champion in the seniors and in the juniors. Both times he achieved 275 kg (125-150) in a duel. At the World Championships in Goyang, where he was the first time with the seniors, he lifted 280 kg (126-154) in a duel and thus reached 12th place.
His next start at an international championship was again in 2011. At the Summer Universiade in Shenzen, he reached featherweight 282 kg (127–155) and just missed the medal ranks with 4th place.
In the spring of 2012 Mohamed Ihab was convicted of doping and banned for two years. Thus he missed participating in the 2012 Olympic Games in London and at the World Championship-2013.
In 2014 he came back and was at the world championship in Almaty in the lightweight with an output of 334 kg (152-182) vice world champion in duels and jerks. In the tear he came in 3rd place. Also at the 2015 World Championships in Houston, where he started in the middleweight division, he was with 363 kg (162-201) vice world champion in duels and jerks.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Ihab achieved 361 kg (165–196) in a duel, winning behind Nischat Rachimow from Kazakhstan, 379 kg (165–214) and Lu Xiaojun, China, 379 kg (177–202) the bronze medal. Medals in the individual disciplines of snatching and pushing are not awarded at the Olympic Games.
In 2017 he was African champion in the weight class up to 85 kg with a performance of 348 (158-190). At the World Championships that year in Anaheim he achieved the greatest success in his weightlifting career, because he was there in the middleweight world champion with a duel of 361 kg (165-196). He also won the gold medal in the individual disciplines of snatching and pushing.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2007 | 5. | Junior World Championships in Prague | Bantam | 238 kg (105-133); Winner: Eko Yuli Irawan , Indonesia, 273 kg (120–153) |
| 2008 | 2. | Junior World Championships in Cali | feather | with 272 kg (123–149), behind Junior Antonio Sanchez Rivero, Venezuela, 278 kg (128–150) |
| 2009 | 4th | Junior World Championships in Bucharest | feather | at 284 kg (128-156); Winner: Eko Yuli Irawan, 297 kg (136–161) |
| 2009 | 1. | African Championship | feather | with 275 kg (125–150), before Wowhail Mairif, Algeria, 245 kg (110–135) |
| 2009 | 1. | Africa. Junior Championship | feather | with 275 kg (125–150), before Joseph Ekami Belinga, Cameroon, 240 kg (110–130) |
| 2009 | 12. | World Cup in Goyang | feather | at 280 kg (126-154); Winner: Ding Jiangjun , China, 316 kg (146–170), ahead of Eko Yuli Irawan, 315 kg (140–175) |
| 2011 | 4th | Summer Universiade in Shenzen | feather | at 282 kg (127-155); Winner: Eko Yuli Irawan, 310 kg (140–170) |
| 2014 | 2. | World Cup in Almaty | Light | with 334 kg (152–182), behind Liao Hui , China, 359 kg (166–193), in front of Kim Myong-hyok , North Korea, 334 kg (152–182) |
| 2015 | 2. | World Cup in Houston | medium | with 363 kg (162–201), behind Nischat Rachimow , Kazakhstan, 372 kg (165–207), in front of Andrak Karapetjan, Armenia, 363 kg (167–196) |
| 2016 | bronze | OS in Rio de Janeiro | medium | with 361 kg (165–196), behind Nischat Rachimow , 379 kg (165–214) and Lu Xiaojun , China, 379 kg (177–202) |
| 2016 | 2. | Intern. Qatar Cup | Slightly difficult | with 343 kg (156–187), behind Hassouna Fares, Qatar, 352 kg (157–195) |
| 2017 | 1. | Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku | medium | with 348 kg (158–190), before Ahmed Farooq Ghulam Al-Hussein, Iraq, 320 kg (141–179) |
| 2017 | 1. | African Championship | Slightly difficult | with 348 kg (158–190), before Wajih Tlili, Tunisia, 313 kg (146–167) |
| 2017 | 1. | World Cup in Anaheim | medium | with 361 kg (165–196), in front of Rejepbay Rejepow, Turkmenistan, 352 kg (158–194) |
- Explanations
- all competitions in the Olympic duel, consisting of two-armed tearing and pushing
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Bantam weight up to 56 kg, feather weight up to 62 kg, light weight up to 69 kg, middle weight up to 77 kg and light heavy weight up to 85 kg body weight
literature
- Athletics magazine
Web links
- Mohamed Ihab at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Mohamed Ihab at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Mohamed Ihab at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Interview with Mohamed Ihab
- Mohamed Ihab in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ihab, Mohamed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mahmoud Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Faijum |