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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 bySohail Abbas Flagbearer for  Pakistan Rio de Janeiro 2016 Succeeded byMuhammad Khalil AkhtarMahoor Shahzad
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