Fares El-Bakh

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]

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]

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]