Faris Touairi (born 1999) is an Algerian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya. He also set a new African record in the Snatch with a lift of 165kg.

Career

In 2018, he competed in the men's 77kg event at the

Junior World Weightlifting Championships The IWF Junior World Championships is organised by the International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlif ...

held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also competed in the men's 81kg event at the

2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships The 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships were held in Suva, Fiji at the National Gymnasium from 1 to 8 June 2019. Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean ...

held in Suva, Fiji. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the

African Weightlifting Championships The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA). Weights Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women) since 2019: *Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67&nb ...

held in Nairobi, Kenya. He also set a new African record in the Snatch with a lift of 165kg. He competed in the men's 89kg event at the

2021 World Weightlifting Championships The 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Due to concerns about the rapid spread of Omicron variant and held shortly after Olympics and Chinese National Games, t ...

held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He won the bronze medal in the men's 89kg Snatch event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Touairi, Faris Living people 1999 births Place of birth missing (living people) Algerian male weightlifters African Weightlifting Championships medalists Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting 21st-century Algerian people