Mohamed Ali Rashwan

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 Men's judo Representing  Egypt Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Open World Championships 1985 Seoul Open 1987 Essen +95 kg Mediterranean Games 1987 Lattaquié +95 kg 1987 Lattaquié Open 1983 Casablanca Open
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^[1]
• Silver medallist at the 1985 World Judo Championships in open weight^[2]
• Silver medallist at the 1987 World Judo Championships in heavy weight^[2]

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.^[3]

He also won the gold medal in the heavyweight and open class category in the African Championship in 1982 and 1983.