Mohamed Ehab

Mohamed Ehab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud (born 21 November 1989), known as Mohamed Mahmoud[1][2] or Mohamed Ehab,[3] is an Egyptian weightlifter, and World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[4]

Mohamed Ehab
Personal information
Full nameMohamed Ehab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud
Nationality Egypt
Born (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989
Faiyum, Egypt
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight80.72 kg (178 lb)
Sport
Country Egypt
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–81 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 173 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 201 kg (2015)
  • Total: 373 kg (2018)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro–77 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Anaheim–77 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Almaty–69 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Houston–77 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Ashgabat–81 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Rabat–81 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona–77 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 77 kg

Early life

Ehab was born in Faiyum, Egypt a city located 100 kilometers southwest from Cairo. He was introduced to weightlifting by his father. Ehab 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. Ehab's biggest influence in weightlifting was his father, after his passing Mohamed decided to dedicate his life to the sport.[3]

Career

Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 77 kg[5] weight class, getting third place for the snatch and second place for clean & jerk, giving him a third place which was upgraded to silver in 2022 when the gold medalist was disqualified.[6][1][7]

World Championships

In 2014 he won the silver medal in the Total for the 69 kg weight-class in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 334 kg. He also won a bronze medal in the Snatch (152 kg) and silver in the Clean & Jerk (182 kg).[8]

In the following year he competed in the 77 kg weight-class at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, winning a bronze medal in the total initially. The original silver medalist Kim Kwang-song failed a drug test[9] and his lifts were disqualified, giving Ihab the silver medal to go along with a silver medal in the clean & jerk.

In 2017 he competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category. He became World Champion, winning gold medals[10] in all lifts, giving Egypt its first overall gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships since Said Khalifa Gouda and Ibrahim Shams won gold medals in 1951.[11]

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Ihab competed in the newly created 81 kg category. In the snatch portion of the competition he lifted a new world record[12] of 173 kg, which exceeded the world record set by Lü Xiaojun minutes earlier, this secured him the gold medal in the snatch. With his first two attempts of 196 kg and 200 kg in the clean & jerk portion he set two new world records of 369 kg and 373 kg[13] in the total. This was not enough to win gold as Lü Xiaojun lifted 202 kg, giving him a 1 kg lead over Ihab as he won the silver medal.[14]

In September 2019, Egypt was banned from participating in IWF competitions for two years due to doping offenses. Therefore, Ehab was not able to compete in the 2019 IWF championship and Tokyo 2020. In December 2021, he returned to competition in IWF world champions in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He missed two of his snatch attempts. For the clean and jerk, he withdrew from the competition due to a shoulder injury.

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, Brazil77 kg1601651683rd place, bronze medalist(s)1961962032nd place, silver medalist(s)3612nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan69 kg1451491523rd place, bronze medalist(s)1771771822nd place, silver medalist(s)3342nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015United States Houston, United States77 kg15716216661931972012nd place, silver medalist(s)3632nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017United States Anaheim, United States77 kg1601651681st place, gold medalist(s)1911911961st place, gold medalist(s)3611st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg165170173 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)1962002033rd place, bronze medalist(s)373 WR2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games
2018Spain Tarragona, Spain77 kg1581621661st place, gold medalist(s)1861901961st place, gold medalist(s)3521st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Mohamed Mahmoud". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. "Mohamed Mahmoud". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. "Mohamed Ehab Interview", All Things Gym, 21 May 2016, archived from the original on 20 December 2016, retrieved 16 December 2016
  4. "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018. Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed MAHMOUD
  5. "Rio 2016 77kg Men". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018. Mohamed MAHMOUD
  6. "Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal and banned". BBC. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. "WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD RECORD FOR RAHIMOV, AS CHINA'S XIANG ALSO TAKES GOLD". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. "World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. "Doping Sanctions". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  10. "MAHMOUD Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed (EGY) made it to the top". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. "Weightlifting: Mohamed Ihab gives Egypt three gold medals at World Championship". Ahram.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  12. "Weightlifting: Egypt's Mohamed Ihab wins gold medal at world championship, sets record". nileinternational.net. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. "World Record Parade in the men's 81kg". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  14. "EGYPT'S MOHAMED IHAB BREAKS WORLD RECORD AT INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP 2018". cairoscene.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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