UAE sets record with five golds in jiu-jitsu at the Asian Games
The UAE team finished the competition in Nagoya, Japan, with eight medals. Jiu-jitsu has been on the Games program since 2018.
The United Arab Emirates team won five gold medals in jiu-jitsu at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan. It is the country's record gold haul in the sport, which joined the Games program at Jakarta 2018.
In total there were eight medals: five gold, two silver and one bronze. The matches took place from October 1 to 3 at the Aichi Budokan in Nagoya, with eight weight classes: five for men and three for women.
The UAE champions
- Balqees Alhashmi: women's up to 48 kg
- Asma Alhosani: women's up to 52 kg
- Khaled Al Shehhi: men's up to 62 kg
- Ahmed Andeez: men's up to 69 kg
- Mahdi Al Awlaqi: men's up to 77 kg
Khaled Al Shehhi won his second straight title at the Games. Asma Alhosani, the defending champion, beat South Korea's Im Eon-ju 4-0 in the final. In the up to 48 kg division, the final was between two UAE athletes: Balqees Alhashmi took gold and Al Anoud Al Harbi took silver.
The country's gold count grows with each edition: two at Jakarta 2018, four at Hangzhou and now five at Aichi-Nagoya.
Other results
In the men's up to 94 kg, Saudi Arabia's Omar Tariq N Nada submitted South Korea's Park Sung-hu in the final. South Korea finished with two silvers and two bronzes.
"Our participation was a success in every respect and we reached the goals we set before the competition," said Mohamed Salem Al Dhaheri, vice president of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
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