Mahmoud Elhaddad is an Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

ian weightlifter. He competes in the 77 kg category.

Career

Elhaddad won silver in the snatch

Snatch (weightlifting)

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...

, gold in the clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

, and overall gold at the 2008 African Championships, with a total of 336 kg.

He competed in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg

The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...

in the 77 kg division finishing twelfth with 342 kg. This beat his previous personal best by 6 kg.

External links

• NBC profile
• Athlete Biography at beijing2008