Anwar Mesbah
Egyptian weightlifter
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Egypt | ||
| Men's Weightlifting | ||
 | 1936 Berlin | -67.5 kg |
Anwar Mesbah (April 8, 1913 – November 25, 1998)[1] was an Egyptian weightlifter.
He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin.
Along with his compatriot weightlifter Khadr El-Touni's middleweight class gold medal, Mesbah won a gold medal for Egypt in the lightweight class, sharing the gold medal with Robert Fein with whom he tied, by lifting a record 342.5 kg.[2]
Born in Alexandria, Mesbah was considered a great athlete of his time.[3]
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners Archives". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- "Anwar Mesbah at the databaseOlympics.com". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- "Stats Anwar Mesbah". ABC. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
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- 1920:
Alfred Neuland (EST) - 1924:
Edmond Decottignies (FRA) - 1928:
Hans Haas (AUT) / 
Kurt Helbig (GER) - 1932: René Duverger (FRA)
- 1936: Robert Fein (AUT) /
Anwar Mesbah (EGY) - 1948: Ibrahim Shams (EGY)
- 1952:
Tommy Kono (USA) - 1956:
Ihor Rybak (URS) - 1960: Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1964:
Waldemar Baszanowski (POL) - 1968: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1972: Mukharby Kirzhinov (URS)
- 1976: Petro Korol (URS)
- 1980:
Yanko Rusev (BUL) - 1984:
Yao Jingyuan (CHN) - 1988:
Joachim Kunz (GDR) - 1992:
Israel Militosyan (EUN) - 1996: Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 2000:
Galabin Boevski (BUL) - 2004: Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2008: Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2012: Lin Qingfeng (CHN)
- 2016: Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2020: Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 67.5 kg (1920–1992)
- 70 kg (1996)
- 69 kg (2000–2016)
- 73 kg (2020–)
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