Tartous-Sana
With the encouragement of her parents and despite her young age, Zahra Hamdan managed to achieve outstanding results by lifting weights, and she still aspires to achieve more achievements and championships locally and internationally.
Hamdan, 10 years old, said in a statement to SANA reporter that she started practicing strength games, especially weightlifting, since the age of five, as her talent grew while accompanying her parents to exercise to the gym, noting that she learned how to lift weights with caution and accuracy in a technique of movement and with the passage of time her talent developed and her performance improved .
Regarding the championships that she achieved, Hamdan said, “I won the gold of the Republic Championship for juniors in weightlifting, gold in the cub and women’s weightlifting category in 2021 and 2022, the gold in the Kuwait International Championship that was held online at the beginning of this year, gold in physical strength for the cub and women’s weightlifting category in 2021, and silver in the cub and women’s weightlifting category in 2021.
The player’s father and coach Bassam Hamdan indicated that the sport of weightlifting gave his daughter self-confidence, and she is subject to properly placed training and nutritional programs and scientifically studied, pointing out that his daughter has the ability to compete internationally because of her strength of will, determination and ambition to rise on the podiums and raise the flag of Syria high in international forums.
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