Neama Said
Egyptian weightlifter (born 2002)
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Neama Said Fahmi Said (born 15 November 2002)[1] is an Egyptian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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| Full name | Neama Said Fahmi Said | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Al-Qassasin Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2018, she won the silver medal in the girls' 58 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4][5][6]
In 2019, at the Youth World Weightlifting Championship held in Las Vegas, United States, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[7] At the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, she won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event.[8] She also set new African youth records at this competition for the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total events.[8]
In that same year, she also represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the bronze medal in the women's 64 kg event.[9][10] She also won the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event and the bronze medal in the Snatch event.[10]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[11][12] She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[13]
In 2023, she finished in 4th place in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[14][15] In 2024, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[16] She lifted 222 kg in total and placed ninth.
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 71 kg | 97 | N/a | 120 | 125 | — | N/a | 222 | 9 | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 64 kg | 100 | 103 | 106 | 124 | 127 | 233 | ||||
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 71 kg | 106 | 110 | 4 | 130 | 136 | 5 | 246 | 4 | ||
| African Games | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | 64 kg | 90 | 110 | 117 | 207 | ||||||
| African Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cairo, Egypt | 64 kg | 83 | 88 | 91 | 104 | 109 | 111 | 202 | |||
| 2022 | Cairo, Egypt | 71 kg | 98 | 104 | 123 | 227 | ||||||
| 2023 | Tunis, Tunisia | 71 kg | 100 | 103 | 122 | 126 | 229 | |||||
| 2024 | Ismailia, Egypt | 76 kg | 95 | 100 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 230 | ||||
| Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Oran, Algeria | 71 kg | 101 | 121 | 125 | — | N/a | N/a | ||||