Karim Abokahla
{{Short description|Egyptian weightlifter (born 1996)}}
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{{Medal|Sport| Men's weightlifting }}
{{Medal|Country| {{EGY}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Riyadh|96 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| African Games }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Rabat | 89 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| African Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Cairo | 96 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Tunis | 89 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2024 Ismailia | 89 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Mediterranean Games }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Oran | 89 kg {{Abbreviation|S|Snatch}} }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Oran | 89 kg {{Abbreviation|CJ|Clean & Jerk}} }}
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Karim Abokahla ({{langx|ar|{{Script/Arabic|كريم أبو كحلة}}}}; born 11 November 1996){{Cite web |title=Entry List by NOC |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/2022-07-02/WLF-------------------------------__C32A_3.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703191716/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/2022-07-02/WLF-------------------------------__C32A_3.0.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}} is an Egyptian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 96{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Career
Abokahla represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 89{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite news |date=3 September 2019 |title=Jeux africains 2019 de Rabat : l'élite continentale du sport avait rendez-vous |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/afrique/jeux-africains-2019-de-rabat-l-elite-continentale-du-sport-avait-rendez-vous-03-09-2019-2333214_3826.php |access-date=27 August 2022 |work=Le Point |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=2019 African Games Weightlifting Results |url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=477 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529163619/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=477 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020 |website=IWF}}
In 2021, Abokahla competed in the men's 89{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2021|access-date=17 December 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}} He won the silver medals in the men's 89{{nbsp}}kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183534/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2022 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}}
He won the gold medal in the men's 96{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=13 September 2023 |title=Weightlifter Qasim wins Iraq's first World Championships gold medal in any sport |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140769/qasim-wins-iraq-first-world-champs-gold |access-date=28 September 2023 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{Cite web |title=2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf |archive-date=17 September 2023 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}}
In 2024, he competed in the men's 89{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} He lifted 165 kg in the Snatch to place eighth provisionally but didn't make any attempt in the Clean & Jerk.
Achievements
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| colspan=13 | Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | Paris, France | 89 kg | 165 | {{n/a}} | — | — | — | {{n/a}} | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} | — | ||
| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left| Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 89 kg | 165 | 5 | 200 | 6 | 365 | 4 | ||||
| 2023 | align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 169 | 172 | 174 | {{silver2}} | 208 | 213 | {{gold1}} | 387 | {{gold1}} | ||
| colspan=13 | IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | Phuket, Thailand | 96 kg | 165 | {{silver2}} | 205 | — | — | {{silver2}} | 370 | {{silver2}} | ||
| colspan=13 | African Games | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | align=left | Rabat, Morocco | 89 kg | 152 | 160 | 164 | {{gold1}} | 185 | 195 | 201 | {{gold1}} | 365 | {{gold1}} |
| colspan=13 | African Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | align=left | Cairo, Egypt | 96 kg | 145 | — | — | {{gold1}} | 195 | — | — | {{gold1}} | 340 | {{gold1}} |
| 2023 | align=left | Tunis, Tunisia | 89 kg | 162 | 167 | {{gold1}} | 200 | 208 | {{gold1}} | 375 | {{gold1}} | ||
| 2024 | align=left | Ismailia, Egypt | 89 kg | 165 | 170 | — | {{gold1}} | 200 | 211 | {{gold1}} | 381 | {{gold1}} | |
| colspan=13 | Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | align=left | Oran, Algeria | 89 kg | 160 | 165 | 171 | {{silver2}} | 202 | 212 | {{silver2}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Egyptian male weightlifters
Category:African Games medalists in weightlifting
Category:African Games gold medalists for Egypt
Category:Competitors at the 2019 African Games
Category:Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Category:21st-century Egyptian sportsmen
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists