Anwar Mesbah

Anwar Mesbah
Personal information
Native name
انور مصباح
Born(1913-04-08)8 April 1913
Alexandria, Egypt
Died25 November 1998(1998-11-25) (aged 85)
Egypt
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
1936 Berlin Lightweight

Anwar Mesbah (Egyptian Arabic: انور مصباح; April 8, 1913 – November 25, 1998)[1] was an Egyptian weightlifter.

He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin.

Along with his compatriot weightlifter Khadr El-Touni's middleweight class gold medal, Mesbah won a gold medal for Egypt in the lightweight class, sharing the gold medal with Robert Fein with whom he tied, by lifting a record 342.5 kg.[2]

Born in Alexandria, Mesbah was considered a great athlete of his time.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia - AnwarMousbah". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ Databaseolympics.com Archived 2007-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Abc.net