Anwar Mesbah
Egyptian weightlifter (1913–1998)
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Anwar Mesbah (Egyptian Arabic: انور مصباح; April 8, 1913 – November 25, 1998)[1] was an Egyptian weightlifter.
Nativename
انور مصباح
Born8 April 1913
Alexandria, Egypt
Died25 November 1998 (aged 85)
Egypt
SportWeightlifting
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| Native name | انور مصباح | |||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1913 Alexandria, Egypt | |||||||||||
| Died | 25 November 1998 (aged 85) Egypt | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
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He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin.
Along with his compatriot weightlifter Khadr El-Touni's middleweight class gold medal, Mesbah won a gold medal for Egypt in the lightweight class, sharing the gold medal with Robert Fein with whom he tied, by lifting a record 342.5 kg.[2]
Born in Alexandria, Mesbah was considered a great athlete of his time.[3]
