Talha Talib

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Talha Talib
طلحہ طالب
Personal information
Full nameTalha Talib
NationalityPakistani
Born (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 22)
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Pakistan
SportWeightlifting
Weight class67 kg
TeamNational team
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games – – –
World Weightlifting Championships – – 1
Asian Games – – –
Commonwealth Games – – 1
Asian Championships – – 1
Commonwealth Youth Games – 1 –
Total 0 1 3
World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent 67 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 62 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tashkent 67 kg
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Apia 56 Kg
Gold medal – first place

Talha Talib (Urdu: طلحہ طالب) (born 3 October 1999) is a Pakistani weightlifter. He was born in Gujranwala.[1][2][3] He is the Pakistani national champion in the 62 kg category. He set a new record at the games in snatch as he lifted 132 kg in the third attempt with 127 kg and 130 kg in the first two attempts, respectively.[4] He was also a gold medalist at the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships in Penang. He lifted 258 kg to clinch the gold. He is currently the top No. 1 ranked weightlifter of Pakistan.[5]

Early life and education[]

Talib began training from the age of eight in his hometown of Gujranwala, Pakistan. His father is a national weightlifting coach for Pakistan, who introduced him to the sport. He passed his matriculation from Quaid-e-Azam Divisional Public School and College Gujranwala. [6]

Career[]

Talha Talib won the silver medal in 56 kg category of Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015.[7][8] At the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Championships in Penang, he was named Best Weightlifter. He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the 62 kg category, lifting a total of 283 kg at the age of 18.[9][10][11]

At the 2019 South Asian Games, Talib won gold in 67 kg category with a total weight of 292 kg (140 kg in snatch and 152 kg in clean and jerk).[12]

In the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships, he won a bronze medal by lifting 148 kg in snatch in 67 kg event.[13]

He was brought into the national limelight at the following Olympics, where he finished fifth in the men's 67 kg event.[14] Talib's lift of 151 kg in the snatch category was the second-best of the round. His overall tally of 320 kg was just 2 kg shy of the bronze medal.[15][16] This was Pakistan's first top 5 position at the Olympics since 1988 in sports other than field hockey.

In the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Talib won the bronze medal in the 67 kg category by lifting 143 kg in the snatch event. This was Pakistan's first-ever medal at the World Weightlifting Championships.[17]

Awards and recognition[]

For securing fifth position in the men's 67 kg event at 2020 Summer Olympics, Talha was awarded the following:

References[]

  1. ^ "Talha Talib". results.gc2018.com.
  2. ^ "Pakistani weightlifter breaks record at Commonwealth Games". tribune.com.pk.
  3. ^ "Talha Talib grabs first medal for Pakistan in Commonwealth Games 2018". dunyanews.tv.
  4. ^ "Pakistani athlete beats Indian opponent to win gold medal in Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championship". samaa.tv.
  5. ^ "Pakistan's Talha Talib clinches silver medal". dailytimes.com.pk.
  6. ^ "Weightlifting TALIB Talha - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  7. ^ "Weightlifter Talha bags silver in Commonwealth Youth Games". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  8. ^ "First Silver for Pakistan in Commonwealth Youth Games". The Nation. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  9. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Talha Talib wins bronze for Pakistan". geo.tv.
  10. ^ "Talha creates new Commonwealth Games record, bags first medal for Pakistan". Business Recorder. 5 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Weightlifter Talib bags Pakistan's first medal in Commonwealth Games". Dawn. 5 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Mehboob Ali, Najma Parveen, Talha Talib, Haider Ali win gold; Pakistan trail at fourth spot". The News International. December 7, 2019.
  13. ^ "Talha grabs bronze in Tashkent". The Express Tribune. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  14. ^ "Men's 67 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  15. ^ Dawn.com (2021-07-25). "'Still proud of you': Weightlifter Talha Talib misses out on Olympic gold but a hero is born". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  16. ^ "Weightlifting TALIB Talha - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  17. ^ "Talha Talib does nation proud, wins Pakistan's first ever medal at World Weightlifting Championship". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  18. ^ "WAPDA Honours its Athletes; Cash awards worth Rs.2.5 million each for Arshad Nadeem, Talha Talib". www.app.com.pk/. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

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