Hamad Samy (; born 1899, date of death unknown) was an Egyptian

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. He would compete for

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and was designated as the flag bearer for Egypt. His event would be the men's middleweight category, though he would only complete one lift and rank unplaced. Samy would then compete at the

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in the same event. While lifting, he would set a

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in the

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with a weight of 97.5 kilograms. He would place fourth in the event with a total of 447.5 kilograms.

Biography

Hamad Samy was born in 1899 in

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, Egypt. He would compete for

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, Belgium, in the sport of

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. There, he was designated as the flag bearer for Egypt during the opening ceremony of the games. Samy would compete in the men's middleweight category for competitors weighing 75 kilograms or below on 30 August. He would be the first weightlifter to represent Egypt at an Olympic Games. There, he would only compete a one-handed snatch of 55 kilograms and would not complete the other lifts in the event. He would be unplaced out of the ten athlete that competed, being one of two athletes without a total combined score. Four years later, Hamy would compete at the

in Paris. He again competed in the men's middleweight category, competing on 23 July. His first lift would be a one-handed snatch of 72.5 kilograms, initially placing him fourth in the event. His next lift would be a one-handed

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of 77.5 kilograms. After that he would lift a

at 97.5 kilograms, setting a

alongside

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of Italy and

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of Austria. His last lifts of 85 kilograms in the snatch and 115 kilograms in the clean and jerk would complete his lifts in the event. He would have a total of 447.5 kilograms and place fourth in the event out of the 25 weightlifters that competed, missing out on a medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samy, Hamad 1899 births Year of death missing Egyptian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Egypt Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen