Ahed Joughili

Ahed Joughili is a Syrian weightlifter who competes in the 105 kg division. Born on 10 October 1984, he represented Syria at the 2008 Summer Olympics and again at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in both cases in the 105 kg class. Away from the Olympic Games he won a silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games, and at the 2009 Mediterranean Games he took gold in both the snatch and the clean and jerk in his weight class. His record shows a career of more than half a decade near the top of weightlifting in Asia and around the Mediterranean.