Neama Said Fahmi Said (born 15 November 2002)[1] is an Egyptian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Neama Said
Neama Said in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNeama Said Fahmi Said
Born (2002-11-15) 15 November 2002 (age 23)
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 64 kg
  • 71 kg
ClubAl-Qassasin Center

Career

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In 2018, she won the silver medal in the girls' 58 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4][5][6]

In 2019, at the Youth World Weightlifting Championship held in Las Vegas, United States, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[7] At the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, she won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event.[8] She also set new African youth records at this competition for the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total events.[8]

In that same year, she also represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the bronze medal in the women's 64 kg event.[9][10] She also won the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event and the bronze medal in the Snatch event.[10]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[11][12] She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[13]

In 2023, she finished in 4th place in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[14][15] In 2024, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[16] She lifted 222 kg in total and placed ninth.

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024Paris, France71 kg97101102N/a120125N/a2229
World Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan64 kg1001031061st place, gold medalist(s)1241271322nd place, silver medalist(s)2331st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia71 kg106109110413013513652464
African Games
2019Rabat, Morocco64 kg9095953rd place, bronze medalist(s)1101171222nd place, silver medalist(s)2073rd place, bronze medalist(s)
African Championships
2019Cairo, Egypt64 kg8388912nd place, silver medalist(s)1041091111st place, gold medalist(s)2022nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Cairo, Egypt71 kg981041081st place, gold medalist(s)1231281301st place, gold medalist(s)2271st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Tunis, Tunisia71 kg1001031051st place, gold medalist(s)1221261301st place, gold medalist(s)2291st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Ismailia, Egypt76 kg951001051st place, gold medalist(s)1201251301st place, gold medalist(s)2301st place, gold medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games
2022Oran, Algeria71 kg1001011011st place, gold medalist(s)1211251st place, gold medalist(s)N/aN/a

References

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  1. "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. Oliver, Brian (12 December 2021). "Weightlifting sensation as Bulgarian teenager Nasar smashes Lu Xiaojun's senior world record". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. "Margaryan and Belkhir win epic battles for weightlifting gold". Olympic News. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. Abdel-Kader, Ghada (30 October 2018). "Egypt makes history after winning 12 medals at Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires". ahram online. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. "2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 "2019 African Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  10. 1 2 "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". IWF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  11. Oliver, Brian (6 May 2022). "Egyptian weightlifter Said edges out American Reeves at World Junior Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  12. "2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  13. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  14. Oliver, Brian (13 September 2023). "World records for China's Liao and American junior Reeves at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  15. "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  16. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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