David Saad (born 15 October 1954 in Beirut)^[1] is a Lebanese judoka. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[2] He also competed in the 1975 World Judo Championships.^[3]

Biography

Born to Lebanese Jews and Syrian Jews who had to emigrate from Lebanon to Canada due to antisemitism, Saad studied computer science in which he had a DEUG from the University of Paris-Sud, a BSc from Concordia University, an MSc.A. from McGill University and PhD from the University of Paris-Sud.^[4][5]

His younger brother Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist at the John Molson School of Business.^[6] His nephew is Ariel Helwani who is a Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist.^[7]

References

External links

• David Saad at the International Judo Federation
• David Saad at JudoInside.com
• David Saad at Olympics.com
• David Saad at Olympedia
• David Saad at The-Sports.org

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