Shady Elnahas

Shady Elnahas
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 26)
Alexandria, Egypt
Home townToronto, Ontario[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍100 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2020)
World Champ.Silver (2024)
Pan American Champ. (2019, 2020, 2022,
2023, 2024)
Commonwealth GamesGold (2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago ‍–‍100 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Guadalajara ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Baku ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Antalya ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍100 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF36058
JudoInside.com23678
Updated on 24 May 2024

Shady Elnahas (born 27 March 1998) is a Canadian judoka.[2] He is the reigning Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games champion, winning gold in 2022 and 2023 in the 100 kg or less category.

Career

When Elnahas was young, he immigrated to Canada from Egypt, and took up the sport of judo for self-defence against bullying at school.[3]

In November 2018, Elnahas won silver at the Osaka Grand Slam,[4] and the following year he followed that up with a bronze at the 2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam.[5]

Elnahas also won gold at the 2019 Pan American Judo Championships in Lima, Peru and in 2020.[6]

In June 2021, Elnahas was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[7]

Personal life

Elnahas was born in Alexandria, Egypt and moved to Canada with his family at the age of 12.[1] The family initially lived in Toronto though he moved to Montreal to join the national Canadian judo team where he trains with them today.[1] His older brother Mohab Elnahas is also a member of the national Canadian judo team.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Canadian Olympic Profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Shady El Nahas". www.judocanada.org/. Judo Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ Ayiku, Vernon (16 December 2014). "Cousins say they'll only be satisfied with judo medals". The Toronto Observer. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ McCann, Ellen (25 November 2018). "Team Canada wins gold and silver at the Judo Grand Slam in Osaka". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Shady El Nahas Wins Canada's Fifth Medal". Sportcom. www.sportcom.qc.ca/. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Shady El Nahas Is Pan American Champion, Zachary Burt Wins Bronze". www.judocanada.org/. Judo Canada. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. ^ Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Six Canadians set for judo's Olympic return to its birthplace". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.


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