Mahmoud Shakir
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Born | 6 February 1935 |
| Died | 25 December 2020 (aged 85) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Mahmoud Shakir (6 February 1935 – 25 December 2020) was an Iraqi weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won "dozens" of national championships and continued competing until age 45. He was considered one of his country's top weightlifters and later one of their best coaches. He was also a popular bodybuilder, and was nicknamed "Shakir Al-Abyad" to distinguish him from Shakir Salman ("Shakir Al-Asmar"), who was his rival at the national bodybuilding championships in the 1950s and 1960s. At his death in 2020, the historian Hajj Aqil Atara noted: "Shaker Mahmoud is famous as a champion of Iraq in the sport of bodybuilding and weightlifting, his fame is in training, as he has become one of the most famous coaches in Iraq, as he led the Iraqi teams in many world championships, Asian championships, Arab countries championships, and international championships."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mahmoud Shakir Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "انا لله وانا اليه راجعون" [To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return]. Badra Specialized Weightlifting Club. 27 December 2020 – via Facebook.
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