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 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.

Fares Ibrahim
Personal information
Full nameFares Ibrahim Sayed Hassouna El-Bakh
NicknameMeso Hassouna
NationalityQatari
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998
Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight95.95 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryQatar
SportWeightlifting
Event–96 kg
Coached byIbrahim El-Bakh
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 178 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 228 kg (2019)
  • Total: 404 kg (2019)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Qatar
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo–96 kg
World Championships
2022 Bogotá–102 kg
2019 Pattaya–96 kg
2021 Tashkent–96 kg
2017 Anaheim–94 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–94 kg
Asian Championships
2022 Manama102 kg
2020 Tashkent102 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. His father, Ibrahim Hassouna, represented Egypt at three consecutive Olympics from 1984 to 1992.

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