Fares El-Bakh

Fares Ibrahim Saed Hassouna El-Bakh (Arabic: فارس ابراهيم سعد حسونة الباخ, born 4 June 1998), commonly known as Meso Hassouna, is a Qatari weightlifter, Olympic Champion, World Champion and two time Junior World Champion competing in the 85 kg, and 94 kg categories until 2018 and 96 kg and 102 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]

Fares Ibrahim
Personal information
Full nameFares Ibrahim Sayed Hassouna El-Bakh
Nickname(s)Meso Hassouna[1]
NationalityQatari
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998
Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight95.95 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryQatar
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–96 kg
Coached byIbrahim El-Bakh
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 178 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 228 kg (2019)
  • Total: 404 kg (2019)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Qatar
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo–96 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Bogotá–102 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Pattaya–96 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Tashkent–96 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Anaheim–94 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta–94 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Manama102 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Tashkent102 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Tokyo–85 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Tashkent–94 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Tbilisi–85 kg

He holds the junior world record in the clean & jerk (225 kg) and total (397 kg) in the 96 kg division. His father, Ibrahim Hassouna, represented Egypt at three consecutive Olympics from 1984 to 1992.

Career

Olympics

He initially placed eighth at the men's 85 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[4][5] but was updated to seventh[2][6] after the original bronze medalist Gabriel Sîncrăian failed a drug test in October of that year.[7] At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he competed in the 96 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition, he was in fourth place with a 177 kg lift, although the difference between first and fifth place was just 2 kg. In the clean & jerk section, he attempted his first lift after every competitor had finished their lifts. He successfully lifted 217 kg, clinching the gold medal, he followed himself with an Olympic record lift of 225 kg, which gave him a total of 402 kg (also an Olympic record).[8] He attempted, but failed a world record lift of 232 kg, his total of 402 kg was 15 kg greater than the silver and bronze medalists. With his Olympic gold, he became the first Qatari Olympic Champion, regardless of sport.[9]

World Championships

In 2017 he moved up to the 94 kg category and competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, where he won a silver medal in the clean & jerk and originally placed fourth overall,[10] but was upgraded to a bronze medal in the total after the original silver medalist Aurimas Didžbalis was disqualified after failing a drug test.[11]

The next year he competed in the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, where he a bronze medal in the clean & jerk portion in the new 96 kg category.[12] During the competition he set a new junior world record in the clean and jerk.[13]

Other competitions

He competed at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships and won a bronze medal in the total in the clean & jerk and total in the 85 kg category. The following year he competed again at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships this time he got a gold medal in the 85 kg category.[14]

In 2018 he defended his title as Junior World Champion, he won a gold medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg category. He also won the Asian Junior Championships in the 94 kg division,[15] later in 2018 he competed at the 2018 Asian Games and won the silver medal in the 94 kg category.[16] At the 5th International Qatar Cup[17][18] he swept gold in the 96 kg class,[19] where he set a junior world records in the clean & jerk with 225 kg and total with 397 kg.[20][21]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil85 kg1511551581019720320863617
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan96 kg1731771774217225 OR2321402 OR1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2017United States Anaheim, United States94 kg163167167102102152202nd place, silver medalist(s)3833rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan96 kg17117417492172172223rd place, bronze medalist(s)3885
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand96 kg17417818142172242302nd place, silver medalist(s)4022nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan96 kg17217517562172222291st place, gold medalist(s)3942nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia102 kg1701741775217----2nd place, silver medalist(s)3911st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia102 kg170174176152182232232nd place, silver medalist(s)3887
Asian Games
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia94 kg166170170321522222223812nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2016Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan85 kg14515015581911962003rd place, bronze medalist(s)3466
2019China Ningbo, China96 kg1701741742nd place, silver medalist(s)221221222———
2020Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan102 kg1741741742nd place, silver medalist(s)2222292322nd place, silver medalist(s)3962nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Bahrain Manama, Bahrain102 kg1711751762nd place, silver medalist(s)215----1st place, gold medalist(s)3861st place, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2016Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia85 kg15015515581961962013rd place, bronze medalist(s)3463rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017Japan Tokyo, Japan85 kg1561601632nd place, silver medalist(s)1931932001st place, gold medalist(s)3531st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan94 kg1631671702nd place, silver medalist(s)205215—1st place, gold medalist(s)3851st place, gold medalist(s)
Qatar Cup
2018Qatar Doha, Qatar96 kg1681711721st place, gold medalist(s)2132192251st place, gold medalist(s)3971st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Qatar Doha, Qatar96 kg1731731762nd place, silver medalist(s)2132232281st place, gold medalist(s)4041st place, gold medalist(s)

References
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