Ahmed Abuzriba (born 16 April 2000) is a Libyan weightlifter. He was a medalist at the 2023 African Games.
Career He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo.
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.
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. 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.
He won a bronze medal at the World Powerlifting Championships in June 2024.
He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's 102 kg division. He lifted 164 kg in the Snatch failing two attempts and didn't return to take part in the Clean & Jerk.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankOlympic Games2024 Paris, France 102 kg 164 169 170 — — — —World Championships2019 Pattaya, Thailand 89 kg 141 146 148 21 170 176 179 21 320 212022 Bogotá, Colombia 102 kg 150 160 165 17 185 191 196 15 356 16IWF World Cup2024 Phuket, Thailand 102 kg 158 163 169 21 192 198 201 18 361 16African Games 2019 Rabat, Morocco 89 kg 147 149 150 4 178 181 182 5 325 5 2024 Accra, Ghana 102 kg 149 153 — 181 189 — 342 African Championships 2019 Cairo, Egypt 89 kg 138 145 149 4 174 178 178 319 4 2021 Nairobi, Kenya 96 kg 143 147 150 177 181 186 336 2022 Cairo, Egypt 102 kg 158 164 170 192 198 205 369 2023 Tunis, Tunisia 102 kg 130 — — — 180 — — — — — 2024 Ismailia, Egypt 96 kg 142 147 152 173 180 182 334 References
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