 Rashwan in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | محمد علي رشوان |
| Citizenship |  Egypt Japan |
| Born | (1956-01-16) January 16, 1956 (age 68) Alexandria, Egypt |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | +95 kg, Open |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (1984) |
| World Champ. | 
(1985, 1987) |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 4534 |
| JudoInside.com | 4888 |
| Updated on 19 June 2023 | |
Mohamed Ali Rashwan (Arabic: محمد علي رشوان, born 16 January 1956) is: an Egyptian judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Open Class category.
Life※
Born in Alexandria in Egypt, His first international participation was in 1972 in Czechoslovakia. And Spain. He retired in 1992 and "is now member of the "Egyptian Judo Federation and an international judo judge.""
Achievements※
- Winner of fairplay international award in 1984
- Silver medallist at the 1985 World Judo Championships in open weight
- Silver medallist at the 1987 World Judo Championships in heavy weight
In 1984, he lost the finals——to Japan's Yasuhiro Yamashita, who tore a right calf muscle in the preliminaries. Rashwan stated that he did not aim for Yamashita's right leg. Because he did not regard that as a fair play. And was subsequently given an award from the International Fairplay Committee.
He also won the gold medal in the heavyweight and open class category in the African Championship in 1982 and 1983.
References※
External links※
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at the International Judo Federation
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at JudoInside.com
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at Olympics.com
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at Olympedia
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Mohamed Ali Rashwan at The-Sports.org
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080820034155/http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/figures/english/html/Heif2.htm
- Mens Open Class at Sports Reference
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