Shah Hussain Shah (8 June 1993, London)S. Hussain Shah
Glasgow Commonwealth Games Official website. Retrieved 26 July 2014 is a Pakistani judoka. Shah competes in the men's -100 kg division. As of July 2014, he is based in

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. Shah Hussain received the honour to bear Pakistan flag at Rio Olympics. Shah represented Pakistan in

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where he won a bronze medal in -100 kg division.

Family

Shah is the son of former Pakistani Olympic

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, Hussain Shah, who won the country's first Olympic boxing medal, a bronze at the

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in Seoul, Korea.Pakistan's Shah Hussain reaches men's judo final
26 July 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014

Career

Shah won a bronze at the Asian Judo Championships. He has also participated in the South Asian Games where he won 2 gold medals.

2014

At the

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in Glasgow he was beaten in the finals of the -100 kg division by Scotland's

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2016

Shah represented Pakistan in

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the first Judoka from Pakistan to be qualified in Olympic Games.

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* 1993 births Living people Pakistani male judoka Olympic judoka for Pakistan Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Pakistan Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Pakistan Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Judoka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Asian Games competitors for Pakistan Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games South Asian Games medalists in judo South Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Pakistan Islamic Solidarity Games judoka Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Pakistani expatriates in Japan Martial artists from London {{Pakistan-judo-bio-stub