Sherif Othman

Sherif Othman, written internationally as Sherif Osman, was born on 15 September 1982 and is an Egyptian Paralympic powerlifter who competes in the 56 kilogram class. He has taken part in four Summer Paralympic Games and won three gold medals and one silver medal. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing he broke the world record with a lift of 202.5 kilograms, raised it to 205 kilograms at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championship, and then to 211 kilograms at the 2016 Rio Games, where he won another gold medal. In 2021 he won the gold medal in his event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.