Shady Elnahas

Shady Elnahas
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998
Alexandria, Egypt
Home townToronto, Ontario[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
‍–‍100 kg
Retired21 February 2025[2]
Achievements and titles
5th (2020)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2024)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2019, 2020, 2022,
2023, 2024)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Abu Dhabi‍–‍100 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago‍–‍100 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Guadalajara‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Lima‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Calgary‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Rio de Janeiro‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2021 Tbilisi‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Osaka‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Baku‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Tbilisi‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Antalya‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Ekaterinburg‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Abu Dhabi‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2020 Budapest‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Abu Dhabi‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Abu Dhabi‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Tbilisi‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Abu Dhabi‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2019 Zagreb‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Montreal‍–‍100 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF36058
JudoInside.com23678
Updated on 24 May 2024

Shady Elnahas (born 27 March 1998) is a Canadian professional wrestler and retired[2] judoka.[3] He is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, having won gold in 2022, and a former five-time Pan American Games champion, winning his most recent gold in 2024 in the 100 kg or less category. He is signed to WWE, using the name Shido Ash.

Career

When Elnahas was young, he immigrated to Canada from Egypt, and took up the sport of judo for self-defence against bullying at school.[4]

Elnahas won silver at the 2018 Osaka Grand Slam in November,[5] and the following year he followed that up with a bronze at the 2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam.[6]

Elnahas also won gold at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru and in at the 2020 in Guadalajara.[7]

In June 2021, Elnahas was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[8]

On May 16, 2025, the WWE announced that Elnahas had joined the WWE Performance Center as a WWE NXT recruit.[9]

Personal life

Elnahas was born in Alexandria, Egypt and moved to Canada with his family at the age of 12.[1] The family initially lived in Toronto though he moved to Montreal to join the national Canadian judo team where he trains with them today.[1] In Toronto, Elnahas attended École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé.[10] His older brother Mohab is also a member of the national Canadian judo team. He is a citizen of Canada and Egypt, though he resides in Orlando.

Elnahas is currently in a relationship with fellow WWE wrestler Tiffany Stratton.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Canadian Olympic Profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Wishing Shady Elnahas all the best on his next chapter!". Judo Ontario's Facebook page. 21 February 2025. Archived from the original on 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Shady El Nahas". www.judocanada.org. Judo Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Ayiku, Vernon (16 December 2014). "Cousins say they'll only be satisfied with judo medals". The Toronto Observer. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. ↑ McCann, Ellen (25 November 2018). "Team Canada wins gold and silver at the Judo Grand Slam in Osaka". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Shady El Nahas Wins Canada's Fifth Medal". Sportcom. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Shady El Nahas Is Pan American Champion, Zachary Burt Wins Bronze". www.judocanada.org. Judo Canada. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Six Canadians set for judo's Olympic return to its birthplace". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "WWE signs three former Olympians | WWE". www.wwe.com. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Shady Elnahas : une école mobilisée pour le judoka". Radio-Canada (in French). CBC. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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