Abdelrahman Mohamed El-Sayed ( ar, عبد الرحمن السيد; born May 19, 1989) is an Egyptian
weightlifter. El-Sayed represented
Egypt
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's heavyweight category (105 kg). El-Sayed placed fourteenth in this event, as he successfully lifted 175 kg in the single-motion
snatch, and hoisted 210 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
, for a total of 385 kg. El-Sayed was later elevated to a higher position, when Ukraine's
Ihor Razoronov
Ihor Anatoliyovych Razoronov ( uk, Ігор Анатолійович Разорьонов; born March 25, 1970) is a Ukrainian weightlifter. He appeared at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but was disqualified after testing positive for nandro ...
had been disqualified from the Olympics, after he tested positive for
nandrolone.
Major results
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births
Living people
Egyptian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Egypt
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
African Games gold medalists for Egypt
African Games medalists in weightlifting
Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
21st-century Egyptian people
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