Islam El Shahaby
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Egypt
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| Men's Judo | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2010 Tokyo | +100 kg |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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2005 Almeria | +100 kg |
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2009 Pescara | +100 kg |
Islam El Shehaby (Arabic: إسلام الشهابي ʾIslām ash-Shahābī; born 1 August 1982) is an Egyptian former judoka.
He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. El Shehaby was a nine-time African Champion (2002–13), and was the world bronze medalist in 2010 in Tokyo. He won five World Cup medals, and competitions in Abu Dhabi, Düsseldorf, Moscow, Qingdao, Cairo and Baku. El Shehaby won silver at the 2016 Grand Prix Düsseldorf in the O100 classification.
Following controversy regarding his refusal to shake the hand of Israeli judoka Or Sasson, who defeated him at the 2016 Summer Olympics, he retired in August 2016. The Disciplinary Committee of the International Olympic Committee issued a "severe reprimand" to El Shehaby for behavior violating "the rules of fair play and against the spirit of friendship embodied in the Olympic Values," and he was sent home before the Olympics closing ceremony.
Islam El Shehaby was born in Cairo, Egypt and is a radical Salafi Muslim. He is 1.95 m /6' 5" tall, and weighs 105 kg / 231 lbs.
El Shehaby competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he was thrown twice by and lost to Israeli Or Sasson, who later won a bronze medal in the competition. After the match, El Shehaby refused to bow or shake hands with his opponent, after the Israeli had bowed to him. As a result of his major breach of judo etiquette, the Egyptian was loudly booed and jeered by the near-capacity crowd.
After his defeat, El Shehaby lay flat on his back for a moment before standing to take his place before Sasson, in front of the referee. When Sasson extended his hand to the Egyptian, El Shehaby backed away, shaking his head and shunning Sasson. The referee then called El Shehaby back to the mat and demanded that he bow, at which point El Shehaby gave a quick nod of his head.
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