Majid Al-Ali

Majid Al-Ali
Personal information
Full name Majid Mohamed Al-Ali Sultan
Nationality  Kuwait
Born (1987-09-29) 29 September 1987
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 106 kg (234 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) +100 kg

Majid Mohamed Al-Ali Sultan (Arabic: ماجد محمد العلي سلطان; born September 29, 1987 in Kuwait City) is a Kuwaiti judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] He achieved a fifth-place finish as a 14-year-old teen in the over-100 kg division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and also represented his nation Kuwait at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Al-Ali qualified as a lone judoka for the Kuwaiti squad in the men's heavyweight class (+100 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Judo Federation.[2] He lost his opening match to U.S. judoka and two-time Olympian Martin Boonzaayer, who successfully scored an ippon, and gripped him with a tate shiho gatame (vertical four-quarter) hold at two minutes and twenty-one seconds.[3][4]

References

  1. "Majid Al-Ali". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. "Kuwaiti player affirms readiness for judo competition". Kuwait News Agency. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. "Judo: Men's Heavyweight (+100kg/+220 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. "Kuwaiti athletes in judo, hammer throw, and running exit Olympic competition". Kuwait News Agency. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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