Khadr El Touni

Khadr El Touni

Khadr Sayed El Touni (Arabic: خضر التوني‎, also spelled Khedr Eltouny; December 15, 1916 – September 25, 1956) was an Egyptian weightlifter. Until recently he was ranked #1 on the list of history's 50 greatest weightlifters issued by the International Weightlifting Federation. It was only in the 1996 Games in Atlanta that Turkey's Naim Süleymanoğlu surpassed the Egyptian to top the list.

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.