Javad Mahjoub

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Javad Mahjoub
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Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born (1991-05-26) 26 May 1991 (age 30)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryIran
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R32 (2011, 2013, 2018)
Asian Champ.Gold (2013)
Olympic GamesR16 (2020)
Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing  Iran
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok –100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Tashkent –100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place +100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tbilisi +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tunis +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tbilisi +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Antalya +100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF2684
JudoInside.com66618
Updated on 17 November 2021.

Javad Mahjoub (Persian: جواد محجوب, born 26 May 1991 in Chenaran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran[1][2]) is an Iranian judoka.

He competed for Iran at the following tournaments:

Mahjoub acknowledged in a 2011 interview with an Iranian newspaper that he threw a match against a German judoka to avoid competing against Israeli judoka Or Sasson at the September 2011 Tashkent Judo World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] "If I refused to compete with the Israeli, they would have suspended our judo federation for four years", he said.[5][6][7]

In the 2012 Summer Olympics (where he might have had to face Israeli judoka Arik Ze'evi, the 2012 European champion and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist who was one of the favorites), he withdrew from competition at the last moment.[5] Iranian authorities announced that he had a "critical digestive system infection".[5][8] Before the Olympics, Iran's Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mohammad Abbasi had said that "not competing with Zionist athletes is one of the values and sources of pride of the Iranian people and its athletes."[5]

He has since fled Iran and now resides as a refugee in Canada.[9] He was nominated to the Refugee Olympic Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the sport of judo.[10]

See also[]

  • Boycotts of Israel in individual sports

References[]

  1. ^ "Javad Mahjoub, Judoka, JudoInside".
  2. ^ "بیوگرافی جواد محجوب (جودوکار المپیکی) + عکس - ساتین". 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ "مسابقات جام جهانی جودو ـ پراگ: قاسمی‌نژاد صعود کرد، ملک‌پور و محجوب حذف شدند".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e "Iranian and Israeli athletes not expected to face off in London Olympics".
  6. ^ Goodenough, Patrick (26 July 2012). "'Gut Infection' Denies Iranian Chance to Compete in Olympics Against Israeli". CNS News.
  7. ^ "Judo – Or Sasson (Israël)". les-sports.info.
  8. ^ "Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby jeered in Rio after refusing to shake hands with his Israeli opponent". 12 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Javad Mahjoub".
  10. ^ "IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo2020". 23 September 2021.

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