Karem Ben Hnia

Karem Ben Hnia
Personal information
Nationality	Tunisian
Born	13 November 1994 (age 29); Monastir, Tunisia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Tunisia
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record
African Championships

Karem Ben Hnia (born 13 November 1994)^[1] is a Tunisian Olympic weightlifter from the city of Moknine.

Career

Ben Hnia took up weightlifting at the age of eight.^[2]

He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event.^[3]

He won gold medals in all three Men's 73 kg events at the 2019 African Games.^[4]

In August 2024, Ben Hnia competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 330 kg in total and placed eighth.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
Year	Venue	Weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total	Rank
Olympic Games
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	69 kg	147	~~150~~	~~150~~	—	~~177~~	~~177~~	~~177~~	—	DNF	—
2021	Tokyo, Japan	73 kg	148	151	153	—	185	~~190~~	~~190~~	—	338	6
2024	Paris, France	73 kg	~~145~~	145	149	—	181	~~186~~	~~187~~	—	330	8
World Championships
2011	Paris, France	62 kg	115	~~120~~	~~120~~	26	145	~~150~~	~~150~~	26	260	27
2015	Houston, United States	69 kg	146	~~149~~	150	5	176	~~181~~	183	5	333	5
2017	Anaheim, United States	69 kg	~~145~~	~~145~~	~~146~~	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	73 kg	146	151	~~154~~	10	180	~~185~~	186	7	337	7
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	73 kg	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	73 kg	~~146~~	146	~~149~~	13	180	186	~~188~~	4	332	6
IWF World Cup
2020	Roma, Italy	73 kg	145	149	~~152~~		180	184	—		333
2024	Phuket, Thailand	73 kg	145	147	~~149~~	18	175	—	—	18	322	15
African Games
2015	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	69 kg	135	~~145~~	~~146~~		170	173	~~180~~		308
2019	Rabat, Morocco	73 kg	145	~~150~~	153		180	~~189~~	—		333
African Championships
2012	Nairobi, Kenya	69 kg	~~117~~	117	123	5	150	~~162~~	~~162~~	5	273	5
2013	Casablanca, Morocco	69 kg	135	140	143		170	178	—		321
2016	Yaoundé, Cameroon	69 kg	141	~~147~~	147		170	~~180~~	~~188~~		317
2017	Vacoas, Mauritius	69 kg	140	147	~~150~~		170	180	~~186~~		327
2018	Mahébourg, Mauritius	69 kg	130	140	145		163	170	175		320
2019	Cairo, Egypt	73 kg	144	146	152		180	186	~~190~~		338
2021	Nairobi, Kenya	73 kg	140	~~149~~	150		~~180~~	~~180~~	180		330
2023	Tunis, Tunisia	73 kg	146	~~149~~	~~149~~		180	~~187~~	~~187~~		326
2024	Ismailia, Egypt	73 kg	~~144~~	145	—		175	—	—		320

References

^ "Karem Ben Hnia". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "BEN HNIA Karem". Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Oliver, Brian (28 July 2021). "Shi Zhiyong wins weightlifting gold with world record - and bronze for B Group Indonesian". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

External links

Karem Ben Hnia at the International Weightlifting Federation
Karem Ben Hnia at the International Weightlifting Results Project
Karem Ben Hnia at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
Karem Ben Hnia at Olympics.com
Karem Ben Hnia at Olympedia

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[1] "Karem Ben Hnia". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[2] "BEN HNIA Karem". Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[shi_zhiyong_wins_weightlifting_gold_with_world_record_bronze_for_b_group_indonesian_2021-3] Oliver, Brian (28 July 2021). "Shi Zhiyong wins weightlifting gold with world record - and bronze for B Group Indonesian". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[ekevwo_ta_lou_claim_100m_titles_african_games_2019-4] Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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