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| Nationality | Egyptian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1982 Beni Mazar, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Police Sports Association: Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2008 2012 2016 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 211kg (-59kg) WR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sherif Othman, more commonly written internationally as Sherif Osman, (born 15 September 1982) is an Egyptian Paralympic powerlifter competing in the -56 kg class.[1] Othman has participated in four Summer Paralympic Games winning three gold medals and one silver medal. In the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing he broke the world record with a lift of 202.5 kg. He surpassed his own record when he record a weight of 205 kg at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championship. Then he surpassed his own record again of 205 kg when he record a weight of 211 kg at 2016 Summer Paralympics Games (Rio 2016) winning another gold medal.
In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[2][3]
- ^ "Othman Sherif". Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Tbilisi 2021: Amalia Perez and Sherif Osman cement legendary status". Paralympic.org. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (30 November 2021). "Paralympic gold medallist Shevchuk stars at World Para Powerlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 November 2021.