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Ibrahim Shams

1917 - 2001

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Ibrahim Hassanien Shams (Egyptian Arabic: ابراهيم شمس; January 16, 1917 – January 16, 2001) was an Egyptian weightlifter who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Alexandria. In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the featherweight class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibrahim Shams has received more than 19,328 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim Shams is the 590th most popular athlete (up from 810th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 487th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ibrahim Shams ranks 590 out of 6,025. Before him are Luise Krüger, Jānis Daliņš, Stan Rowley, Hjalmar Johansson, Peter-Michael Kolbe, and François Brandt. After him are Ulrike Meyfarth, Roscoe Lockwood, Asbjørn Ruud, Yelena Gorchakova, Rudolf Harbig, and Wolfgang Nordwig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ibrahim Shams ranks 238. Before him are Fyodor Khitruk, Robert Lowell, Ramanand Sagar, James Donald, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., and Robert Fano. After him are Madeleine Robinson, Joseph Wresinski, James Jesus Angleton, John Berry, Dmitry Polyansky, and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo. Among people deceased in 2001, Ibrahim Shams ranks 222. Before him are Juan José Arreola, Martha Mödl, Cornelius Warmerdam, Kateryna Yushchenko, Jane Greer, and Luise Krüger. After him are Giancarlo Brusati, Vasili Kuznetsov, József Csermák, Dmitry Polyansky, Stanislav Rostotsky, and Sergio Mantovani.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibrahim Shams ranks 496 out of 642. Before him are Roland Moreno (1945), Khenemetneferhedjet I (-1950), Naima Akef (1929), Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria (100), Mustafa Khalil (1920), and Meretseger (-1850). After him are Bassem Youssef (1974), Ad-Diba (1927), Mohamed Zidan (1981), Pope Primus of Alexandria (100), Pope Timothy II of Alexandria (null), and Atef Sedky (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In Egypt

Among athletes born in Egypt, Ibrahim Shams ranks 2. Before him are Mahmoud Fayad (1925). After him are Khadr El-Touni (1915), Kim Min-seok (null), Mamdouh Elssbiay (1984), Michael Hicks (null), Mohamed Elsayed (1973), Eduardo Aguirre (null), Tamer Bayoumi (1982), Omar Assar (1991), Deng Wei (null), and Feryal Abdelaziz (1999).

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