Mohamed Ali Rashwan (born January 16, 1956) is a retired Egyptian judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's Open Class category. He is also:
• Winner of Fair-play International Award in 1984;
• Silver medalist world judo championship in open weight 1985; and
• Silver medalist world judo championship in heavy weight 1985.
In 1984, he deliberately lost the finals to Japan's Yasuhiro Yamashita, who tore a right calf muscle in the preliminaries. Rashwan explained that he did not aim for Yamashita's right leg because he was conscious of his competitor's injury.
He also won the gold medal in the heavyweight and open class category in the African Championship in 1982 and 1983.
His first international participation was in 1972 in Czechoslovakia and Spain.
Rashwan retired in 1992 and is now member of the Egyptian Judo Federation and an international judo judge. He trains the Arab Contractors Judo team.
Egypt State Information Service
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