Mohamed El-Rashidy

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMohamed Ezz El-Din Ali Ahmed•El-Rashidy
Used nameMohamed•El-Rashidy
Original nameمحمد عز الدين علي أحمد•الرشيدي
Born11 February 1923
Died22 December 2003
AffiliationsAl-Ahly, Al-Qahira (EGY)
NOC Egypt

Biography

Mohamed El-Rashidy was a member of the Al-Ahly basketball squad during the late 1940s and early 1950s. He made his major international début at the 1949 EuroBasket, where Egypt won the gold medal, and earned a second gold medal at the 1951 Mediterranean Games. He also took part in the team’s appearance in the tournament at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where Egypt won two of its three matches in the qualification round, but then lost two of its next three games in round one and was eliminated. El-Rashidy saw playing time in only two of these matches. He became much better known as a coach following his retirement from active competition, and spent the rest of his career training several generations of Egyptian basketball players and serving with the national federation.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) EGY Mohamed El-Rashidy
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Egypt =9

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