Mohamed Ali Rashwan (born 16 January 1956) is an Egyptian judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Open Class category.

Life

Born in Alexandria in Egypt, His first international participation was in 1972 in Czechoslovakia and Spain. He retired in 1992 and is now member of the Egyptian Judo Federation and an international judo judge.

Achievements

In 1984, he lost the finals to Japan's Yasuhiro Yamashita, who tore a right calf muscle in the preliminaries. Rashwan stated that he did not aim for Yamashita's right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play, and was subsequently given an award from the International Fairplay Committee. He also won the gold medal in the heavyweight and open class category in the African Championship in 1982 and 1983.