Shah Hussain Shah

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Shah Hussain Shah
Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games 1 1
Asian Judo Championships 2
South Asian Games 2
Total 2 1 3
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 90 kg
Asian Judo Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok 100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kuwait 100 kg
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 -100 kg 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 medals.

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