Shah Hussain Shah
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Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 Glasgow | 100 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 Birmingham | 90 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013 Bangkok | 100 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 Kuwait | 100 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2016 Guwahati and Shillong | 100kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 -100 kg division.
Family
[edit]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
[edit]Shah won a bronze at the Asian Judo Championships.[4] He has also participated in the South Asian Games where he won 2 gold medals.
2014
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b S. Hussain Shah Glasgow Commonwealth Games Official website. Retrieved 26 July 2014
- ^ Shahzad misses bronze Geo Super. Retrieved 26 July 2014
- ^ "Change of plans: GM Bashir to bear Pakistan flag at Rio Olympics". Dawn. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ a b Pakistan's Shah Hussain reaches men's judo final 26 July 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014
External links
[edit]- Shah Hussain Shah at the International Judo Federation
- Shah Hussain Shah at JudoInside.com
- Shah Hussain Shah at Olympedia
- Shah Hussain Shah at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)