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, Olympian and two time Junior World Champion competing in the 94 kg category until 2018 and 96 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
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight95.95 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryQatar
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–96 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 178 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 228 kg (2019)
  • Total: 404 kg (2019)

He holds the junior world record in the clean & jerk (225 kg) and total (397 kg) in the 96 kg division.

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]

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,[8] but was upgraded to a bronze medal in the total after the original silver medalist Aurimas Didžbalis was disqualified after failing a drug test.[9]

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.[10] During the competition he set a new junior world record in the clean and jerk.[11]

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 a gold medal in the 85 kg category.[12]

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,[13] later in 2018 he competed at the 2018 Asian Games and won the silver medal in the 94 kg category.[14] At the 5th International Qatar Cup[15][16] he swept gold in the 96 kg class,[17] where he set a junior world records in the clean & jerk with 225 kg and total with 397 kg.[18][19]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil85 kg1511551581019720320863617
World Championships
2017 Anaheim, United States94 kg16316716710210215220383
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan96 kg17117417492172172223885
2019 Pattaya, Thailand96 kg1741781814217224230402
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta, Indonesia94 kg16617017032152222222381
Asian Championships
2016 Tashkent, Uzbekistan85 kg14515015581911962003466
2019 Ningbo, China96 kg170174174221221222
World Junior Championships
2016 Tbilisi, Georgia85 kg1501551558196196201346
2017 Tokyo, Japan85 kg156160163193193200353
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan94 kg163167170205215385
Qatar Cup
2018 Doha, Qatar96 kg168171172213219225397
2019 Doha, Qatar96 kg173173176213223228404

References

  1. "Athlete Biography: ELBAKH, Fares Ibrahim E. H." IWF.net. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. "Fares Ibrahim E. H. Elbakh". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fares Ibrahim". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019.
  5. Qatar-Tribune. "Rio 2016: Qatari Weightlifter Faris Ibrahim Ranks 8th in Men's 85Kg Weightlifting". Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  6. "Men's 85kg – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016. ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H.
  7. ESPN. "Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. IWF.net. "MORADI makes World Records fall". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  9. "IWF Public Disclosure". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. Iran Daily. "Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals". Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  11. IWF.net. "Iranian Gold in the men's 96kg". Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  12. IWF.net. "Qatari Gold – ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H. Junior World Champion". Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. "2018 Asian Junior Championships". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  14. Gulf Times. "Fares Lifts silver, brings Qatar joy". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  15. "PDF listing of 5th Qatar Cup 2018" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. The Peninsula Qatar. "5th International Qatar Cup weightlifting championship begins". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  17. الأولمبية.قطر. "Hassouna wins best weightlifter title in Qatar Cup". Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  18. IWF.net. "5th International Qatar Cup". Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  19. Gulf Times. "Fares tops Qatar Cup weightlifting". Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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