Mahassen Fattouh

Mahassen Hala Fattouh

Personal information
Native name	محاسن هالة مُحَمَّد فتوح
Full name	Mahassen Hala Mohammed Fattouh
National team	Lebanon
Citizenship	Lebanese / American
Born	(1989-08-27) 27 August 1989 (age 35) Melbourne, Florida
Years active	2005-present
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	69.6 kg (153 lb)[1]
Spouse	Ryan Paiva (2010-present)
Parents	Mohammed Fattouh (father) Susan Fattouh (mother)
Website	mahassenhala.com
Sport
Country	Lebanon
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	64 kg / 71 kg / 76 kg
Coached by	Rayford Jones / Ryan Paiva[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	9th
World finals	10th
Regional finals	1st
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 96 kg (212 lb) Clean & Jerk: 124 kg (273 lb) Total: 218 kg (481 lb)

Mahassen Hala Fattouh (born 27 August 1989)^[3] is a Lebanese Olympic weightlifter. She represented Lebanon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 76 kg event, finishing 9th overall.^[4] She holds 9 Lebanese national records across the 64kg, 71kg, and 76kg weight classes and has earned 14 IWF international medals.

In 2014, Fattouh became the first woman to represent Lebanon internationally in weightlifting, competing in the women's 63 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[5] In 2018, she earned the first women's IWF international medal for Lebanon in the women's 63 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. In 2019, she became the first female Arab Champion at the Arab Championship held in Amman, Jordan.^[6] In 2024, Fattouh earned the first medal ever for Lebanese women's weightlifting at an Asian Championships event by achieving bronze in the clean and jerk at the 2024 Asian Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Major Results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2020 (held in 2021)	Tokyo, Japan	76 kg	88	93	97	9	112	118	124	7	217	9
Mediterranean Games
2018	Tarragona, Spain	63 kg	89	89	92	-	116	116	117		-	-
Asian Championships
2024	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	76 kg	92	95	96	5	112	118	122		218	4
2023	Jinju, South Korea	71 kg	86	90	94	10	105	110	115	10	209	10
IWF International Solidarity Championships
2018	Cairo, Egypt	64 kg	86	89	92		109	113	116		205
IWF Arab Championships
2019	Amman, Jordan	71 kg	88	91	92		113	117	117		204
2018	Cairo, Egypt	64 kg	86	89	92		109	113	116		205
Manuel Suárez Memorial International Tournament
2020	Havana, Cuba	64 kg	89	92	95		116	116	117		212

References

1. "XXXII OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS". Iwf.net. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
2. "NAYA | Mahassen Hala Fattouh: Lifting the weight of gender norms off her shoulders". Annahar. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. "Women's 76 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. Bassam, Zaazzaa (28 July 2021). "First woman weightlifter to represent Lebanon at the Olympics: 'My dream has become a reality'". Arab News. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
6. Matthew, Kynaston. "Tokyo 2020: Mahassen Hala Fattouh, the weightlifter making Lebanese history". Retrieved 28 December 2023.

External links

• Mahassen Fattouh at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Mahassen Fattouh at Olympedia