Shady Elnahas (born 27 March 1998) is a Canadian
judoka
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. He is the reigning
Commonwealth Games and
Pan American Games
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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.
In November 2018, Elnahas won silver at the Osaka Grand Slam, and the following year he followed that up with a bronze at the 2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam.
Elnahas also won gold at the
2019 Pan American Judo Championships
The 2019 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Lima, Peru from 25 to 27 April 2019.
Results Men's events
Women's events
Mixed event
Medal table
References
External links
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Pan American Judo Confederation
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in Lima, Peru and in 2020.
In June 2021, Elnahas was named to
Canada's 2020 Olympic team.
Personal life
Elnahas was born in
Alexandria, Egypt and moved to Canada with his family at the age of 12.
The family initially lived in
Toronto though he moved to
Montreal to join the national Canadian judo team where he trains with them today.
[ His older brother Mohab Elnahas is also a member of the national Canadian judo team.
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See also
* Judo in Ontario
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Ontario since 1942.
History
Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbi ...
* Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
* List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
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1998 births
Living people
Canadian male judoka
Olympic judoka for Canada
Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games medallists in judo
Judoka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
York University alumni
Canadian people of Egyptian descent
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in judo
21st-century Canadian sportsmen
Egyptian emigrants to Canada
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