Tharwat Alhajjaj

Tharwat Alhajaj, an Olympic weightlifting champion from Jordan. She represented Jordan in the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro

and won a Powerlifting silver. The 43-year-old lifted 119 kg in the women’s 86 kg category to take silver behind Egypt’s Randa Mahmoud who lifted 130 kg for gold. Bronze went to Mexico’s Catalina Diaz Vilchis who managed 117 kg.

Tharwat also participated in the Asian Paralympics in 2014 and won a powerlifting silver in the women's 77 kg category, where she lifted 108 kg.