Tag: Records of Syria

Man Assad Wins 1st Medal For Syria, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 04th, 2021

Man Assad. Weight Lifter. Athlete.

Syrian weightlifter Man Asaad on Wednesday picked up an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s plus-109-kilogram competition at the Tokyo International Forum.

The 27-year-old posted a 190 in the snatch category and followed that with a clean and jerk best of 234, for a total of 424.

Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia won gold with a new Olympic and world record 488, while silver medal winner Ali Davoudi of Iran managed a score of 441.

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Asaad at the 2018 Asian Games /
pix: Fars News Agency / en.wikipedia.org

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Hend Zaza – at 12, Syrian – Makes History , Youngest Athlete at Tokyo Olympics : – July 2021

Hend Zaza (aka) Hend Abdul Rauf Zaza – Table Tennis Star.

She qualified to play in the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, through the West Asia Olympic qualifying tournament held in Jordan in 2020. 

At the age of 12, she was the youngest person to compete in Olympic table tennis, and the fifth-youngest person to compete in the modern Olympics. 

She was the youngest competitor at the 2020 games, and the youngest Olympic competitor since Beatrice Hustiu, a Romanian figure-skater who competed in 1968.

She plays for the Al-Muhafaza Table Tennis Club in Damascus and has won national titles at all levels: hopes, cadets, junior and senior.

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pix: https://olympics.com

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Walid Al-Moallem – Syria’s Veteran Top Diplomat

Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem (aka) Walid Al-Moallem. Diplomat.

Longest serving veteran Foreign Minister of Syria (2006- 2020). Also served concurrently as Deputy Prime Minister of Syria (2012-2020)

Passed away on November 16th, 2020

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pix: wikimedia.org

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