Ramadan Darwish

Ramadan Darwish (born 29 January 1988 in Gharbia, Egypt) is an Egyptian judoka.[1]

Ramadan Darwish
Personal information
Nationality Egypt
Born (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988
Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
Height184 cm (6.04 ft)
Weight−100 kg (−220 lb)
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportJudo
Rank7
Event(s)-100 kg
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st at the Euro Open

Career

Darwish won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam -100 kg. In 2015 he also won the bronze medal during the World Masters in Rabat. He is a multiple-time African Champion (six times). He also won Grand Prix in Qingdao (2009), Tashkent (2014 and Budapest in 2015. In 2016 he won gold at the Euro Open in Sofia. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -100 kg event and was defeated in the first round, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.[2] He was more successful in 2016, reaching the quarterfinals by beating Dominic Dugasse in his first match and José Armenteros in the last 16 before losing to Elmar Gasimov.[3] Because Gasimov reached the final, Darwish entered the repechage, where he lost to Karl-Richard Frey so Ramadan Darwish ended up with the 7th place in Rio 2016.[3]

Controversy

Darwish was accused of unsportsmanlike conduct when he refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent Arik Zeevi, an Israeli Olympic bronze medalist, in both the 2011 Judo Grand Slam and the 2012 Judo Grand Prix.[4][5]

References

  1. Sports reference profile
  2. London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Men -100 kg". 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2017-06-29.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Egyptian Judo Athlete Refuses Israeli's Handshake". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  5. "Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake Israeli opponent's hand". Retrieved 2016-08-13.


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