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 name	Fares Ibrahim Sayed Hassouna El-Bakh
Nickname(s)	Meso Hassouna[1]
Nationality	Qatari
Born	4 June 1998
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight	95.95 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Qatar
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–96 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 178 kg (2019) Clean and jerk: 228 kg (2019) Total: 404 kg (2019)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Qatar World Championships 2019 Pattaya –96 kg 2017 Anaheim –94 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta –94 kg Junior World Championships 2017 Tokyo –85 kg 2018 Tashkent –94 kg 2016 Tbilisi –85 kg

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, Brazil	85 kg	151	155	158	10	197	203	208	6	361	7
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	94 kg	163	167	167	10	210	215	220		383
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	96 kg	171	174	174	9	217	217	222		388	5
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	96 kg	174	178	181	4	217	224	230		402
Asian Games
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	94 kg	166	170	170	3	215	222	222	2	381
Asian Championships
2016	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	85 kg	145	150	155	8	191	196	200		346	6
2019	Ningbo, China	96 kg	170	174	174		221	221	222	—	—	—
World Junior Championships
2016	Tbilisi, Georgia	85 kg	150	155	155	8	196	196	201		346
2017	Tokyo, Japan	85 kg	156	160	163		193	193	200		353
2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	94 kg	163	167	170		205	215	—		385
Qatar Cup
2018	Doha, Qatar	96 kg	168	171	172		213	219	225		397
2019	Doha, Qatar	96 kg	173	173	176		213	223	228		404

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.

External links

• Fares Ibrahim E. H. ELBAKH at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Fares Ibrahim ELBAKH at Lift Up
• Fares Ibrahim E. H. ELBAKH at the International Olympic Committee
• Fares Ibrahim E. H. ELBAKH at the Olympic Channel
• Fares Ibrahim at Olympedia