Ibrahim Shams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ibrahim Shams

weightlifter

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ibrahim Hassanien Shams (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.
Due to the start of World War II and cancellation of the Olympics in both 1940 and 1944, he was forced to wait until the 1948 Summer Olympics to prove himself again.
He received a gold medal by lifting a total of 360 kg in the lightweight event.
He was the second Egyptian to earn two medals, after Farid Simaika, who earned them in diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Shams was the first to win two medals at two different Olympic tournaments.