TALIB Talha

Date of Birth: 3 Oct 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.72/5'7''

Place of birth: GUJRANWALA

Birth Country:

Pakistan

Place of residence : GUJRANWALA

Residence Country:

Pakistan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Weightlifting	Men's 67kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Men's 67kg Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Asian Games

Year	Location	62kg - Total
2018	Indonesia	7th (287)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	67kg - Total	67kg - Snatch	67kg - C&J
2020	Tashkent, UZB	4th (315)	3rd (148)	6th (167)
2019	Ningbo, CHN	8th (304)	7th (140)	7th (164)

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Athlete

Computer Science - Superior College, Gujranwala, PAK

Languages spoken:

English, Urdu

Muhammad Islam Natiq [national, father]

Sporting relatives:

His father Muhammad Islam Natiq has been a national weightlifting coach for Pakistan, and was an Asian medallist in powerlifting. His brother Talal has competed in weightlifting at national level in Pakistan. (tribune.com.pk, 27 Jun 2021; khilari.com.pk, 09 Nov 2020; insidethegames.biz, 27 Jun 2021)

He began training at age eight in Gujranwala, Pakistan. (dabang.pk, 14 Sep 2017)

His father introduced him to the sport. (dabang.pk, 14 Sep 2017)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (khilari.com.pk, 05 Apr 2018)

Winning gold at the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Championships in Penang, Malaysia, and claiming silver at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa. (gc2018.com, 05 Aug 2017)

Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas. (gc2018.com, 05 Aug 2017)

Coach Ali Aslam. (gc2018.com, 05 Aug 2017)

Philosophy:

"If anyone says that you can't, you will simply say, 'Watch me'." (Facebook profile, 30 Oct 2017)

He was named Best Weightlifter at the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Championships in Penang, Malaysia. (wapda.gov.pk, 30 Oct 2016)

General Interest

General
LACK OF FACILITIES
He has struggled to find equipment and places to train, and has been asked to vacate the gym where he trained ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games. "I have been training very hard for the Olympics. I really have given my all, my club, my family, and for the last three years I have been training at my hometown, this school. They voluntarily gave me the place to train that we converted into a gym for me, but now they are telling me that they would need the place to start something else. You see, COVID-19 has really hit their finances badly too, and I have been preparing on a self-help basis with the help of the PWF [Pakistan Weightlifting Federation], but now I don't know where I will train after the Olympics. I'm worried what would happen after the hype and the Olympics. If I don't get a gym, my career will be over." (tribune.com.pk, 27 Jun 2021; irshadgul.com, 01 Jul 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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