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Representing  Egypt
Men's Weightlifting
	1936 Berlin	-67.5 kg

Anwar Mesbah (Egyptian Arabic: انور مصباح; April 8, 1913 – November 25, 1998) was an Egyptian weightlifter.

He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin.

Along with his compatriot weightlifter Khadr El-Touni's middleweight class gold medal, Mesbah won a gold medal for Egypt in the lightweight class, sharing the gold medal with Robert Fein with whom he tied, by lifting a record 342.5 kg.

Born in Alexandria, Mesbah was considered a great athlete of his time.

References

1. "Olympedia - AnwarMousbah". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
2. Databaseolympics.com Archived 2007-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
3. Abc.net

• "Olympic Medal Winners Archives". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
• "Anwar Mesbah at the databaseOlympics.com". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
• "Stats Anwar Mesbah". ABC. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

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