Ijaz Ahmed (b: 26 April 1981)
Official Asian Games website. Retrieved 16 November 2010. is an international

wushu Wushu may refer to: Martial arts * Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China * Wushu (sport), a modern exhibition of traditional Chinese martial arts * Wushu stances, five key stances utilized in both contemporary wushu and traditio ...

competitor from Pakistan. He won a silver medal at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

in Guangzhou,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

.He won a gold medal at 2006 South Asian Games in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is the only silver medalist from Pakistan in any martial arts at the Asian Games.

Career

2010

Ahmed participated in Sanshou (75 kg) category at the

in November. In the quarter-finals he defeated Turkmenistan's Serdar Mamedov by 2 to 1 before defeating Mongolia's Batjargal Magsarjav 2-0 to reach the final where he was defeated by Iran's

Hamidreza Gholipour Hamid Reza Gholipour (born 26 June 1988) is an Iranian wushu athlete. He is the five-time Wushu World Champion. Gholipour received a four-year ban after testing positive for the anabolic steroid Anabolic steroids, also known more properly as ...

2-0.

References

1981 births Living people Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Wushu practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Pakistani sanshou practitioners Asian Games medalists in wushu Wushu practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games {{Pakistan-martialart-bio-stub Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen