Mohamed Ihab
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| Born | November 21, 1989 | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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 Egypt
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||
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Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud (born 21 November 1989) is an Egyptian weightlifter.
Ihab was born in Faiyum, Egypt a city located 100 kilometres from Cairo. He was introduced to weightlifting by his father. Ihab started training with a coach at the age of 8 after his brother took him to a weightlifting gym. He went on to join the Egyptian national team at the age of 15 at a body weight of 56 kg. Ihab's biggest influence in weightlifting was his father, after his passing Mohamed decided to dedicate his life to the sport.
He won a bronze medal in the men's 77 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
He also placed second in the Total for the 69 kg weight-class in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 334 kg. He also placed third in the Snatch (152 kg) and second in the Clean & Jerk (182 kg).
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