Raed Ahmed

Raed Ahmed
Personal information
Nationality Iraq
Born (1967-06-05) 5 June 1967 (age 57)[1]
Weight98 kg (216 lb)[1]
Sport
SportWeightlifting

Raed Ahmed (born 5 June 1967) is an Iraqi weightlifter. He represented Iraq at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was the flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Raed defected to the United States after his event was over.

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raed Ahmed Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.