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{{Short description|Lebanese weightlifter (1950–2002)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]}}
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'''Mohamad Kheir Traboulsi''' (8 September 1950 &ndash; 22 August 2002) was an amateur [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] (he was a firefighter). At the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], he won the silver medal in the men's Middleweight category.

==Life and career==

Traboulsi was born in [[Beirut]] on 26 September 1950. At 18 years of age, weighing 67.10&nbsp;kg, he lifted a total of 377&nbsp;kg and placed 14th among 20 participants in the 67.5&nbsp;kg weightlifting category at the [[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico 1968]] Olympic games.<ref>[http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contest&id_zawody=14 International weightlifting results project-weightlifting database:XIX Olympics Games Mexico 1968.]</ref> With 67&nbsp;kg, he was too light for a height of 167&nbsp;cm. Yet, in 1969, he set the junior world record of Middleweight with 140&nbsp;kg, a very great lift, equal to the junior light heavyweight record.<ref>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=278#comments History of Olympic weightlifting: Mohamed Trabulsi.]</ref> In [[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]], now weighing 74.05&nbsp;kg, he lifted 160 + 140 + 172.5 = 472.5 and won the silver medal for the 75&nbsp;kg weightlifting category. Still in Munich, but in an [[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg|out of competition]] attempt to break the world in the snatch, both Aimé Terme of France and Traboulsi attempted to lift 146.5&nbsp;kg to break the world record, both competitors failed the lift. Traboulsi had already broken that world record in snatch on 2 previous occasions earlier in 1972: he lifted 145.5&nbsp;kg on 22 Jun 1972 in Beirut, then 146&nbsp;kg on 30 Jun 1972 in Amman, Jordan. After that failed attempt to break his own record in Munich, he succeeded twice: [[List of world records in Olympic weightlifting|147.5kg on 11 Nov 1972 in Beirut]] and 150&nbsp;kg on 25 Jan 1973 in Beirut.<ref>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=278 Vladan Mihajlovic: 'Weightlifting 1896-1976' IWF publication.]</ref>

Always in the 75&nbsp;kg category, Traboulsi placed first at the [[1975 Mediterranean Games|1975]], [[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979]] and [[1983 Mediterranean Games|1983]] Mediterranean games, as well as first place at the [[Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games|1978 Asian games]]. In the [[Weightlifting at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 Asian games]], however, he placed second but in the 82.5&nbsp;kg category.  In all, he participated in 3 weightlifting world championships ([[1973 World Weightlifting Championships|Havana 1973]], [[1980 World Weightlifting Championships|Moscow 1980]], and [[1986 World Weightlifting Championships|Sofia 1986]]),<ref>[http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contestant&id_zawodnik=15242] Mohamad Traboulsi at the Weightlifting World Championships.</ref> 3 summer Olympics (Mexico 1968, Munich 1972 and [[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]]),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mohamed-kheir-tarabulsi-1.html] Mohamad Traboulsi at the summer Olympic games.</ref> 3 Mediterranean games (Algiers 1975, Split 1979 and Casablanca 1983), and 2 Asian games (Bangkok 1978 and New Delhi 1982). Traboulsi died from cancer in 2002, aged almost 52.<ref>[http://www.alhayat.com/article/1134651 Mohamed Traboulsi's obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813181134/http://www.alhayat.com/article/1134651 |date=13 August 2018 }} {{in lang|ar}}</ref>

==Traboulsi at the [[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972 summer Olympic]] Games==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2|Rank
! rowspan=2|Name
! rowspan=2|Nationality
! rowspan=2|Body weight
!colspan=4|Military press (kg)
!colspan=4|Snatch (kg)
!colspan=4|Jerk (kg)
!rowspan=2|Total (kg)
|-
! 1
! 2
! 3
! Result
! 1
! 2
! 3
! Result
! 1
! 2
! 3
! Result
|-
| {{Gold1}} ||align=left| [[Yordan Bikov]] || align=left| {{FlagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} || 74.50 || 150.0 || 155.0 || 160.0 || '''160.0''' || 135.0 || 140.0 || <s>142.5 </s>|| '''140.0''' || 177.5 || 185.0 || – || '''185.0''' || '''485.0 WR'''
|-
| {{Silver2}} ||align=left| Mohamed Traboulsi || align="left" | {{FlagIOC|LIB|1972 Summer}} || 74.05 || 150.0 || 155.0 || 160.0 || '''160.0''' || 140.0 || <s>145.0 </s>|| <s>145.0 </s>|| '''140.0''' || <s>167.5 </s>|| 167.5 || 172.5 || '''172.5''' || '''472.5'''
|-
| {{Bronze3}} ||align=left| [[Anselmo Silvino]] || align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} || 74.85 || 150.0 || 155.0 || <s>160.0 </s>|| '''155.0''' || <s>135.0 </s>|| <s>135.0 </s>|| 140.0 || '''140.0''' || 175.0 || <s>180.0 </s>|| <s>180.0 </s>|| '''175.0''' || '''470.0'''
|}

Always in Munich, but in an out of competition attempt to break the world record in the [[snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]], Traboulsi attempted to lift 146.5&nbsp;kg but failed the lift.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weightlifting at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Middleweight|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WLT/mens-middleweight.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130634/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WLT/mens-middleweight.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=2012-05-15 |author=Sports Reference}}</ref>

==Traboulsi at the Mediterranean Games==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Medal
! Venue
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[1975 Mediterranean Games|Algiers]] 1975 ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||75&nbsp;kg snatch
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[1975 Mediterranean Games|Algiers]] 1975 ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||75&nbsp;kg jerk
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[1975 Mediterranean Games|Algiers]] 1975 ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||75&nbsp;kg total
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[1979 Mediterranean Games|Split]] 1979 ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||75&nbsp;kg
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[1983 Mediterranean Games|Casablanca]]  1983 ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||75&nbsp;kg
|}

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
| '''1975 games<br />(&ndash; men snatch 75&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|'''Mohamad Traboulsi''' 142.5 Kg|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anselmo Silvino]] 132.5 Kg|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|Dušan Marković 130 Kg|YUG}}
|-
| '''1975 games<br />(&ndash; men jerk 75&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|'''Mohamad Traboulsi''' 165 Kg|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|Anselmo Silvino 165 Kg|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|Dušan Marković 160 Kg|YUG}}
|-
| '''1975 games<br />(&ndash; men total 75&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|'''Mohamad Traboulsi''' 307.5 Kg|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|Anselmo Silvino 297.5 Kg|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|Dušan Marković 287.5 Kg|YUG}}
|-
| '''1979 games<br />(&ndash; men total 75&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|'''Mohamad Traboulsi''' 310 Kg (140+170)|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|Dušan Marković 295 kg (127,5+167,5)|YUG}}
|{{flagathlete|Harun Akkaya 292,5 kg (125+167,5)|TUR}}
|-
| '''1983 games<br />(&ndash; men total 75&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|'''Mohamad Traboulsi''' 315 kg (145+170)|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|Harun Akkaya 312,5 kg (137,5+175)|TUR}}
|{{flagathlete|Carmelo Raresi 310 kg (135+175)|ITA}}
|}

==Tarabulsi at the Asian Games==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Medal
! Venue
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[1978 Asian Games|Bangkok 1978]] ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||[[Weightlifting at the 1978 Asian Games|75&nbsp;kg]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[1982 Asian Games|New Delhi 1982]] ||[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting (sport)|Weightlifting]] ||[[Weightlifting at the 1982 Asian Games|82.5&nbsp;kg]]
|}

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
| '''1978 games<br />(&ndash; 75&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|Mohamad Traboulsi|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|Tamotsu Sunami|JPN}}
|{{flagathlete|An Won-geun|PRK}}
|-
| '''1982 games<br />(&ndash; 82.5&nbsp;kg)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ryoji Isaoka]]|JPN}}
|{{flagathlete|Mohamad Traboulsi|LIB}}
|{{flagathlete|Kim Hung-sam|PRK}}
|}

==References==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130634/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WLT/mens-middleweight.html Sports Reference]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mohamed-kheir-tarabulsi-1.html sports-reference.com]

==Notes==
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{{Asian Games Champions Weightlifting Middleweight Men}}

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