Amin El-Hady (also Amin El-Hady, Arabic: أمين الهادي; born April 13, 1983) is an Egyptian judoka, who played for the half-lightweight category.[1] He is a two-time Olympian and a five-time medalist (three gold and two silver) at the African Judo Championships. He also captured a silver medal for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, losing out to the host nation's Mounir Benamadi.[2][3]

Amin El Hady
Personal information
Full nameAmin El-Hady
Nationality Egypt
Born (1983-04-13) 13 April 1983 (age 41)
Al Sharqiyah, Egypt
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event66 kg
ClubEl-Zankalon Youth Center
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers 66 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Port Louis 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Agadir 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Port Louis 66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2004 Tunis 66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Yaounde 66 kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com26874

El-Hady made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he lost the first preliminary round match of men's half-lightweight class (66 kg), by an ippon and a sumi gaeshi, to Algeria's Amar Meridja.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, El-Hady competed for the second time in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He first defeated Armenia's Armen Nazaryan in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match by a single koka and an ōuchi gari to Cuba's Yordanis Arencibia.[4] Because his opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, El-Hady offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Andorra's Daniel García González and United States' Taylor Takata in the repechage rounds. He finished only in seventh place, after losing out the final repechage bout to Uzbekistan's Mirali Sharipov, who successfully scored a waza-ari (half-point) and a tomoe nage (circle throw), at the end of the five-minute period.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amin El-Hady". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Jeux Africains 2007: Judo – Une moisson de 7 médailles dont 5 en or" [2007 African Games: Judo – A harvest of seven medals, including five gold] (in French). Djazairness. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ^ "African Games, Algiers, 2007, Algeria". Judo Inside. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Final of Repechage B". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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