{{Short description|Australian weightlifter (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = | caption = | fullname = Malek Chamoun | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|01|03|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | years_active = | height = | weight = {{convert|83.76|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | website = | country = {{flagu|Australia}} | sport = Weightlifting | weight_class = | pb = | club = | team = National team | coach = | retired = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalComp|Pacific Games}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Port Moresby|85 kg}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Penang|85 kg}} {{MedalComp|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Port Moresby|85 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Suva|85 kg}} | medaltemplates-title = | updated = 30 January 2022 }}

'''Malek Chamoun''' (born 3 January 1989) is an Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 85&nbsp;kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Weightlifting World Championships – Malek Chamoun|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=190|publisher=iwf.net|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

==Major results== {|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40|Year ! rowspan=2 width=250|Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60|Weight !colspan=4| Snatch (kg) !colspan=4| Clean & Jerk (kg) !rowspan=2 width=40| Total !rowspan=2 width=40| Rank |- ! width=40|1!! width=40|2!! width=40|3!! width=40|Rank!! width=40|1!! width=40|2!! width=40|3!! width=40|Rank |- ! colspan=13|World Championships |- |2011 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, France|| 85 kg ||'''135'''||<s>140</s>||<s>140</s>||35||<s>170</s>||<s>170</s>||'''170'''||31||'''305'''||31 |}

==Personal life== Chamoun is legally blind.<ref name="ABC">{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-08/blind-aussie-weightlifter-snatches-golf-at-2015-pacific-games/6604238 |title=Blind Australian weightlifter Malek Chamoun wins gold at 2015 Pacific Games |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |date=8 July 2015 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{Commonwealth Games Australia|malek-chamoun}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamoun, Malek}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Australian male weightlifters Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games weightlifters for Australia Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen Category:Pacific Games silver medalists for Australia Category:Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting

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