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Ibrahim Shams

1917 - 2001

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Ibrahim Hassanien Shams (Egyptian Arabic: ابراهيم شمس; January 16, 1917 – January 16, 2001) was an Egyptian weightlifter who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Alexandria. In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the featherweight class. Due to the start of World War II and cancellation of the Olympics in both 1940 and 1944, he was forced to wait until the 1948 Summer Olympics to prove himself again. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim Shams is the 1,277th most popular athlete (down from 584th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 496th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ibrahim Shams ranks 1,277 out of 6,025. Before him are Natalya Shikolenko, Paul Günther, James Rector, Alfred Neveu, José García, and Walter Schröder. After him are Frank Kugler, Kalevi Kotkas, Carl von Essen, Igor Novikov, Giovanni Invernizzi, and Martin Fourcade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ibrahim Shams ranks 283. Before him are Wenche Foss, Vernon A. Walters, Barry Commoner, Richard Boone, José Magriñá, and Nils Täpp. After him are Freddie Francis, Carl Forssell, Władysław Rubin, Ottorino Volonterio, Carlo Cassola, and Alice Pearce. Among people deceased in 2001, Ibrahim Shams ranks 263. Before him are Burkhard Heim, Hilda Cameron, Frans De Mulder, Oldřich Lajsek, Sara Ashurbeyli, and Corinne Calvet. After him are Leonid Osyka, Sivaji Ganesan, Ahmed Sofa, Kateryna Yushchenko, Kim Stanley, and Harry Winter.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibrahim Shams ranks 527 out of 642. Before him are Iah (-2200), Khadr El-Touni (1915), Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria (100), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha (1888), and Zakaria Goneim (1905). After him are Mohamed Zidan (1981), Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (1935), Avi Cohen (1956), Pope Julian of Alexandria (200), Maggie Gobran (1949), and Mohamed Elneny (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In Egypt

Among athletes born in Egypt, Ibrahim Shams ranks 3. Before him are Mahmoud Fayad (1925), and Khadr El-Touni (1915). After him are Kim Min-seok (null), Mamdouh Elssbiay (1984), Fares El-Bakh (1998), Tamer Bayoumi (1982), Ihab Abdelrahman (1989), Mohamed Elsayed (1973), Michael Hicks (null), Eduardo Aguirre (null), and Feryal Abdelaziz (1999).

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