Man Asaad ( ar, معن أسعد / , ; born 20 November 1993) is a
Syrian
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
heavyweight weightlifter who competes in the +109 kg category. He won the bronze medal in the
men's +109kg event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won bronze medal in the
men's +109kg Clean&Jerk event at the
2022 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022. It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China. The ...
held in Bogotá, Colombia.
Career
He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Syria at the 2016 Olympics and was placed 15th in
+105kg event. He was placed fifth at the
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...
. On 11 April 2010, he was given a two-year ban by the International Weightlifting Federation after he tested positive for the banned substance metandienone.
He qualified to
represent Syria at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the
men's +109 kg event with a total of 424 kg and claimed bronze medal in the event. It was also Syria's first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
He won two medals 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.
He won the silver medal in the
men's +102 kg Snatch event and the gold medal in the men's +102 kg Clean & Jerk event.
Major results
See also
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Syria at the Summer Olympics
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Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.
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1993 births
Living people
Syrian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Syria
Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Syria
People from Hama
Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Olympic bronze medalists for Syria
Syrian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in weightlifting
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Syria
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Syria
Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Syrian people
21st-century Syrian people