Man Asaad

Syrian heavyweight weightlifter
  • Snatch: 198 kg (2022)
  • Clean and jerk: 252 kg (2024)
  • Total: 445 kg (2022)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Syria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo +109 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá +109 kg Clean&Jerk
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tashkent +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tashkent +109 kg Clean&Jerk
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tashkent +109 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tashkent +109 kg Snatch
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tashkent +109 kg Clean&Jerk
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tashkent +109 kg Snatch
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ningbo +109 kg Snatch
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran +102 kg Clean&Jerk
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran +102 kg Snatch
Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Algiers +102 kg Clean&Jerk
Gold medal – first place 2023 Algiers +102 kg Snatch

Man Asaad[a] (Arabic: معن أسعد / ALA-LC: Maʻn Asʻad, Arabic pronunciation: [maʕn ˈʔasʕad]; born 20 November 1993) is a Syrian heavyweight weightlifter who competes in the +109 kg category.[3] He won the bronze medal in the men's +109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won bronze medal in the men's +109 kg Clean&Jerk event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 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.[4] He was placed fifth at the 2018 Asian Games. 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.[5]

He qualified to represent Syria at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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.[6][7] It was also Syria's first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[8]

He won two medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[9] 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.[9] In February 2024 he successfully earned his first Asian title, winning the +109 kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, matching his PR total of 444 kg.[10]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +109 kg 180 187 187 17 220 233 233 15 400 15
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan +109 kg 185 197 190 3 228 234 242 4 424 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024 France Paris, France +102 kg
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand +109 kg 183 189 192 8 225 233 241 5 430 6
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia +109 kg 192 198 203 5 237 247 252 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 445 5
Asian Championships
2015 Thailand Phuket, Thailand +105 kg 170 178 178 4 200 200 215 5 370 5
2016 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan +105 kg 170 182 186 4 215 227 232 5 418 5
2019 China Ningbo, China +109 kg 183 188 193 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 222 230 231 5 410 5
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 186 191 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 230 238 238 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 433 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 South Korea Jinju, South Korea +109 kg —
2024 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 192 200 200 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 237 252 AR — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 444 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia +105 kg 180 185 187 5 225 225 225 — 187 NM
Mediterranean Games
2022 Algeria Oran, Algeria +102 kg 191 197 203 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 232 242 247 1st place, gold medalist(s) —
Arab Games
2023 Algeria Algiers, Algeria +102 kg 175 175 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 225 225 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) —
Asian Junior Championships
2013 Qatar Doha, Qatar +105 kg 150 156 162 1st place, gold medalist(s) 185 192 193 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 341 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ His family name is sometimes mistranscribed as "Assad".

References

  1. ^ a b Man Assad. asiangames2018.id
  2. ^ "Man Asaad". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting - ASAAD Man". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. ^ "Man Asaad". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ^ Rem. "لاعب منتخب سورية لرفع الأثقال معن أسعد يتأهل إلى أولمبياد طوكيو". S A N A (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  6. ^ "من بوابة رفع الأثقال.. معن أسعد يمنح سوريا أول ميدالية في أولمبياد طوكيو". العين الإخبارية (in Arabic). 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  7. ^ "Weightlifting - Men's +109kg Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  8. ^ "Weightlifter Man Asaad Wins Bronze for Syria at the Tokyo Olympics". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  9. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ^ AWC 2024 Day 8: Man Asaad stuns Gor Minasyan

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