Abdelrahman Mohamed El-Sayed ( ar, عبد الرحمن السيد; born May 19, 1989) is an Egyptian weightlifter. El-Sayed represented Egypt 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, 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

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, for a total of 385 kg. El-Sayed was later elevated to a higher position, when Ukraine's Ihor Razoronov had been disqualified from the Olympics, after he tested positive for nandrolone.

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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 {{Egypt-weightlifting-bio-stub