Shah Hussain Shah (8 June 1993, London) is a Pakistani judoka. Shah competes in the men's -100 kg division. As of July 2014, he is based in Japan. Shah Hussain received the honour to bear Pakistan flag at Rio Olympics. Shah represented Pakistan in 2018 Asian Games where he won a bronze medal in -100 kg division.

Family

Shah is the son of former Pakistani Olympic boxer, Hussain Shah, who won the country's first Olympic boxing medal, a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Shah Hussain Shah

Career

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

Shah Hussain Shah

2014

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow he was beaten in the finals of the -100 kg division by Scotland's Euan Burton.

Shah Hussain Shah

2016

Shah represented Pakistan in 2016 Summer Olympics 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

Sportspeople from London

Pakistani male judoka

Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic judoka for Pakistan

Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games

Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games

Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games

Judoka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Pakistan

Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Pakistan

Commonwealth Games medallists in judo

Pakistani expatriates in Japan

Asian Games competitors for Pakistan

South Asian Games medalists in judo

South Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan

Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games