Man Asaad ( / , ; born 20 November 1993) is a Syrian heavyweight weightlifter who competes in the +109 kg category. He won the bronze medal in the men's +109kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won bronze medal in the men's +109kg 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. 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.

Man Asaad

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. It was also Syria's first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Man Asaad

He won two medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. 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.

Man Asaad

Major results

See also

Syria at the Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

Notes

References

External links

1993 births

Living people

Syrian male weightlifters

Olympic weightlifters for Syria

Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games

Asian Games competitors for Syria

People from Hama

Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Olympic medalists in weightlifting

Olympic bronze medalists for Syria

Syrian sportspeople in doping cases

Doping cases in weightlifting

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Syria

Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Syria

Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting

Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

21st-century Syrian people