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Khadr Sayed El Touni ((アラビア語:خضر التوني), also spelled Khedr Eltouny; December 15, 1916 – September 25, 1956) was an Egyptian weightlifter, widely regarded as the best weightlifter of all time. He was ranked number one on the list of history's 50 greatest weightlifters issued by the International Weightlifting Federation, until Turkey's Naim Süleymanoğlu surpassed the Egyptian to top the list at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Eltouny began practicing the sport at a young age along with the students of Shobra School. One day, they placed two stones weighing 40 kg each on a broomstick; only Eltouny succeeded in lifting it. Determined to succeed in this area, Eltouny continued to weightlift at various sporting clubs in the Cairo area. == 1936 Olympics == At the time, Eltouny had already set the world record for his weight class. The International Weightlifting Federation, however, did not recognize this as a world record; they claimed it was an impossible feat. They were forced to acknowledge this record when he successfully performed at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Crushing two German world champions at the time on their home soil, Eltouny broke then the Olympic and world records. After winning the middleweight class gold medal,〔(Weightlifting At The 1936 Summer Olympics )〕 Eltouny continued to compete for another 45 minutes, finally exceeding the total of the German silver medalist by 35 kg. The 20-year-old Eltouny lifted a total of 387.5 kg, while the German lifted 352.5 kg. Furthermore, Eltouny had lifted 15 kg more than the heavyweight gold medalist, a feat only Eltouny has accomplished. Eltouny's new world records stood for thirteen years. Fascinated by Eltouny's performance, Adolf Hitler, who was watching from the stands, rushed down to greet this human miracle. Prior to the competition, Hitler was said to have been sure that Rudolf Ismayr and Adolf Wagner would embarrass all other opponents. While awarding Eltouny with the gold medal, Hitler told him: 'Egypt should be proud of you. I wish you were German. I hope you consider Germany your second home'. Hitler was so impressed by his domination in the middleweight class that he ordered a street named after him in Berlin.〔(Hitler name a street after El-Tony )〕 His achievement was recorded in the official book of the 1936 Olympics which is available in many libraries〔(1936 Olympics book )〕 containing all the signatures of Golden medals carriers including his signature in Arabic〔(El-Tony signature in Arabic in the official 1936 Olymipics book )〕 In recognition of his achievement, Hitler ordered that one of the streets in the Olympic Village of Berlin be named after Eltouny. In addition to the street in Berlin, Eltouny also had streets in Alexandria and Nasr City named after him in his home country of Egypt. Nearby his home in his final residential town of Helwan, a major square 〔(Khedr El-Touny square Helwan )〕 was also named after Eltouny. Besides the honorary streets and squares, Eltouny received a 1,000 L.E. cash bonus, as well as a free pass from the tramway company. Eltouny cashed in the policy in 1953 and built a house in Helwan which is still occupied by his wife Gamalat. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khadr El-Touni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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