Yhya Hasaba ( ar, يحيى حسابا; born January 5, 1974, in

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) is a

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who competed in the men's half-heavyweight category. Hasaba qualified as a lone judoka for the Syrian team in the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg) at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Judo Federation. He lost his opening match to U.S. judoka

Rhadi Ferguson Rhadi Bullard Ferguson (born April 3, 1975) is an American mixed martial arts trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Biography Ferguson grew up in Miami, Florida in th ...

, who pulled him off a perfectly timed scoop throw (

sukui nage is one of the original 40 Throw (grappling), throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the fourth group, Judo Lists#Yonkyo, Yonkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current ...

) for an ippon to close the five-minute bout.

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* 1974 births Living people Syrian male judoka Olympic judoka for Syria Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Damascus {{Syria-judo-bio-stub