Mohamed Ali Rashwan

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Mohamed Ali Ahmad Rashwan ( Arabic محمد علي رشوان, DMG Muḥammad ʿAlī Rašwān ; Born January 16, 1956 in Alexandria ) is a former Egyptian judoka . He was second in the open class in 1984, making him the first African medalist in judo at the Olympic Games.

Athletic career

The 1.98 m tall Rashwan won bronze medals at the military world championships in 1981 and 1982. 1983 followed bronze at the Mediterranean Games . At the 1983 World Championships in Moscow , he finished seventh in the heavyweight division. In the open class he reached the semi-finals and then lost to Vladimír Kocman from Czechoslovakia and in the battle for bronze against the Hungarian András Ozsvár , so that he finished fifth.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , Rashwan only competed in the open class. Rashwan won his fights against the Tunisian Bechir Kiiari , the Romanian Mihai Cioc and the Chinese Xu Guoqing all prematurely through Ippon. In the final, the Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashita won after 1:05 minutes. Yamashita injured his right calf in the second round. In the final, Rashwan made no attempt to attack Yamashita over his right leg. When asked by journalists why he did not take advantage of Yamashita's violation, Rashwan replied, “That would have been against my principles. I didn't want to win that way. ”For this fair behavior, the Egyptian was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin trophy.

The following year the World Championships took place in Seoul. In the heavyweight division, Rashwan was eliminated from the Japanese Hitoshi Saitō . In the open class he reached the final against the Japanese Yoshimi Masaki by beating Jiří Sosna from Czechoslovakia in the semi- final and received the silver medal after his victory. In 1987, Rashwan won both the heavyweight and the open class at the Mediterranean Games. At the World Championships in Essen , he defeated the Bulgarian Dimitar Sapryanov in the heavyweight semi-finals . In the final he was defeated by Grigory Weritschew from the Soviet Union. Three days after winning the silver medal in the heavyweight division, he finished fifth in the open class after two wins and two losses. In the summer of 1988, Rashwan won both the heavyweight and the open class at the World Military Championships.

The open class was no longer on the program at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . Rashwan defeated the Icelander Sigurdur Bergmann in the second round and then lost to Hitoshi Saitō in the quarterfinals after 3:05 minutes. In the hope round, Rashwan lost to Dimitar Sapryanov and finished seventh.

At the World Championships in Belgrade in 1989 , Rashwan lost in the heavyweight quarter-finals against the Japanese Naoya Ogawa . With two wins in the round of hope he reached the battle for the bronze medal, which he lost to the Pole Rafał Kubacki . In 1991 Rashwan won again the heavyweight competition at the Mediterranean Games.

After his international career, Rashwan remained connected to his sport as a referee at international tournaments and as an official in the Egyptian Judo Association. The International Judo Federation accepted Mohamed Ali Rashwan into their Hall of Fame.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 956
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 1087, notes 285 and 286
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 109
  5. ↑ Entry in the Hall of Fame
personal data
SURNAME Rashwan, Mohamed Ali
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rashwan, Mohamed Ali Ahmad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria