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| Born | 16 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Libya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 102 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Al-Suwaihli Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ahmed Abuzriba (born 16 April 2000) is a Libyan weightlifter. He was a medalist at the 2023 African Games. [1]
He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo. [2]
He won three gold medals in the 96kg division at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, winning the snatch, the clean and jerk and the overall. [3]
Competing in the Weightlifting at the 2023 African Games, he was medalist in the 102kg division, in Accra, Ghana in March 2024, winning two silver medals and a bronze. [4] However, during the event he also had to helped by officials after an attributed his collapse to the fatigue caused by fasting on the second day of Ramadan. [5]
He won a bronze medal at the World Powerlifting Championships in June 2024. [6]
He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's 102 kg division. [7] He lifted 164 kg in the Snatch failing two attempts and didn't return to take part in the Clean & Jerk.
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 102 kg | 164 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 89 kg | 141 | 21 | 170 | 176 | 179 | 21 | 320 | 21 | ||
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 102 kg | 150 | 160 | 17 | 185 | 196 | 15 | 356 | 16 | ||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 102 kg | 158 | 163 | 21 | 192 | 198 | 18 | 361 | 16 | ||
| African Games | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | 89 kg | 147 | 4 | 178 | 5 | 325 | 5 | ||||
| 2024 | Accra, Ghana | 102 kg | 149 | 153 | — |  | 181 | 189 | — |  | 342 | |
| African Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cairo, Egypt | 89 kg | 138 | 145 | 4 | 174 | | 319 | 4 | |||
| 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | 96 kg | 143 | 147 | 150 |  | 177 | 181 | 186 | | 336 | |
| 2022 | Cairo, Egypt | 102 kg | 158 | 164 | | 192 | 198 | 205 | | 369 | | |
| 2023 | Tunis, Tunisia | 102 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024 | Ismailia, Egypt | 96 kg | 142 | 147 | 152 | | 173 | 180 | 182 | | 334 | |
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