Shah Hussain Shah

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Shah Hussain Shah
Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing  Pakistan
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Men's -100 kg
Asian Judo Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok -100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kuwait -100kg
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati and Shillong

100kg

Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu

100kg

Shah Hussain Shah (8 June 1993, London)[1] is a Pakistani judoka. Shah competes in the men's -100 kg division. As of July 2014, he is based in Japan.[2] Shah Hussain received the honour to bear Pakistan flag at Rio Olympics.[3] Shah represented Pakistan in 2018 Asian Games where he won a bronze medal in -100Kg division.

Family[]

Shah is the son of former Pakistani Olympic boxer, Hussain Shah, who won the country's first Olympic boxing medal, a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.[4]

Career[]

Shah won a bronze at the Asian Judo Championships.[4] He has also participated in the South Asian Games where he won 2 gold medas.

2014[]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow he was beaten in the finals of the -100 kg division by Scotland's Euan Burton.[1]

2016[]

Shah represented Pakistan in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the first Judoka from Pakistan to be qualified in Olympic Games.

References[]

  1. ^ a b S. Hussain Shah Glasgow Commonwealth Games Official website. Retrieved 26 July 2014
  2. ^ Shahzad misses bronze Geo Super. Retrieved 26 July 2014
  3. ^ "Change of plans: GM Bashir to bear Pakistan flag at Rio Olympics". Dawn. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Pakistan's Shah Hussain reaches men's judo final 26 July 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014

External links[]

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Pakistan
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by


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