Anwar Mesbah (April 8, 1913 – November 25, 1998), along with Khedr Eltouny, competed as a weightlifter at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, held in Berlin. Mesbah won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

for Egypt, sharing the gold medal with Robert Fein with whom he tied, by lifting a record 342.5 kg. Born in Alexandria, he was considered a great athlete of his time.Abc.net
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* * * Weightlifters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Egypt Egyptian male weightlifters 1913 births 1998 deaths Sportspeople from Alexandria Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Egypt 20th-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-weightlifting-bio-stub