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Fares El-Bakh

1998 - Today

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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 of Egyptian origin. He is an 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fares El-Bakh is the 4,498th most popular athlete (up from 6,715th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 655th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Egyptian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fares El-Bakh ranks 4,498 out of 6,025. Before him are Paraskevi Tsiamita, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, Krisztián Tóth, Daniel Hubmann, Élodie Ouédraogo, and Nazik Avdalyan. After him are Lucimar de Moura, Tamer Bayoumi, Richard Adjei, Jeanette Bolden, Sonia O'Sullivan, and Johnny Spillane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Fares El-Bakh ranks 253. Before him are Marco Friedl, Colin Dagba, China Anne McClain, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Danika Yarosh, and Takuto Otoguro. After him are Albina Kelmendi, Asuka Saitō, Peyton Meyer, Harry Giles III, Jordi Meeus, and Cai Xukun.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Fares El-Bakh ranks 612 out of 642. Before him are Donia Samir Ghanem (1985), Abdallah El Said (1985), Mohamed Shawky (1981), Homos (1979), Ramadan Sobhi (1997), and Ahmed Salah Hosny (1979). After him are Tamer Bayoumi (1982), Mohamed Nagy (1984), Ramy Rabia (1993), Ahmed Alaaeldin (1993), Mohamed Abou Gabal (1989), and Ahmed Adly (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Egypt

Among athletes born in Egypt, Fares El-Bakh ranks 6. Before him are Mahmoud Fayad (1925), Khadr El-Touni (1915), Ibrahim Shams (1917), Kim Min-seok (null), and Mamdouh Elssbiay (1984). After him are Tamer Bayoumi (1982), Ihab Abdelrahman (1989), Mohamed Elsayed (1973), Michael Hicks (null), Eduardo Aguirre (null), and Feryal Abdelaziz (1999).

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