Abdullah Nada
Abdullah Nada progressed from juvenile BJJ titles to senior international medals, preparing for the Asian Games alongside his brother Omar.
Biography
Sources for this profile
JJIF, public Abdullah Tariq Nada competition record KSA00146(opens in a new tab)
His JJIF record lists 2024 Asian under-18 men’s under-77kg gold and world under-18 under-85kg gold.
Where in the source: Select Saudi Arabia, TARIQ NADA ABDULLAH KSA00146; U18 rows dated May5 and October29,2024.
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JJIF lists him as the adult men’s under-85kg Asian champion in both 2025 and 2026.
Where in the source: KSA00146 adult under85kg rows dated May23,2025 and July17,2026.
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Islamic Solidarity Sports Association, Abdullah Nada athlete profile(opens in a new tab)
Abdullah Nada was born on May 16, 2007.
Where in the source: Named athlete profile, Birthdate.
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He represents Saudi Arabia in jiu-jitsu.
Where in the source: Country and Sport fields.
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He won men’s under-85kg gold at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh.
Where in the source: Named Riyadh2025 event and Ranking Gold.
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IBJJF, World Championship 2024 official results(opens in a new tab)
He appears under his fuller name Abdullah Tariq Nada in IBJJF competition records.
Where in the source: Male Juvenile 2 Blue Heavy and Open Class Heavy podiums.
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He won the male juvenile 2 blue-belt heavyweight title at the 2024 IBJJF World Championship.
Where in the source: Male / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Heavy, first-place row.
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He also took silver in the juvenile 2 blue-belt heavy open class at the same Worlds.
Where in the source: Male / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Open Class Heavy, second-place row.
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IBJJF, European Championship 2025 official results(opens in a new tab)
In 2025 he became the IBJJF European adult purple-belt medium-heavyweight champion.
Where in the source: Male / Adult / Purple / Medium Heavy, first-place row.
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He represented Roger Gracie Academy in that European title campaign.
Where in the source: Same named first-place row, team column.
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IBJJFRankings.com News, Jaewoon Park, Korea’s Rise, and Team Dynamics, January 25, 2026(opens in a new tab)
A January 2026 IBJJFRankings.com profile described him as studying economics at King’s College London.
Where in the source: Penultimate substantive paragraph beginning The trend extends beyond this division.
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That account also described training camps with Unity alongside his Roger Gracie Academy representation.
Where in the source: Same Abdullah Nada sentence near article end.
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IBJJF, Pan Championship 2026 official results(opens in a new tab)
At the 2026 IBJJF Pan Championship he earned adult purple-belt medium-heavyweight bronze.
Where in the source: Male / Adult / Purple / Medium Heavy, Abdullah Tariq Nada third-place row.
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He competed as a purple belt in 2026.
Where in the source: Same adult purple medium-heavy category header and exact name row.
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IWGA, Chengdu 2025 official ju-jitsu medal results(opens in a new tab)
He won men’s under-85kg ne-waza bronze at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu.
Where in the source: Medal Results Chengdu 2025; Jiu-Jitsu (Ne-Waza) 85kg Men, third place.
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Saudi Press Agency, own Abdullah Nada comments after Chengdu bronze, August 11, 2025(opens in a new tab)
He dedicated that result to Saudi Arabia and the people who had supported his sporting journey.
Where in the source: His comments in the third article paragraph.
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Al-Hilal Club, Abdullah Nada Asian Games gold report, October 3, 2026(opens in a new tab)
Al-Hilal identifies him as one of its jiu-jitsu athletes and a Saudi national-team representative.
Where in the source: Only substantive result paragraph.
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On his Asian Games debut in Nagoya in 2026, he won under-85kg gold by defeating Merey Kabdullayev 7–0.
Where in the source: Result paragraph and first-appearance sentence.
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Ali al Qattan, own Abdullah Nada interview, Asharq Al-Awsat, October 3, 2026(opens in a new tab)
His older brother Omar Nada is also a Saudi international jiu-jitsu competitor.
Where in the source: Second article paragraph, identifying older brother and separate under94kg result.
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The brothers spent a year preparing together for the 2026 Asian Games, he said.
Where in the source: Direct own-interview answer beginning وكشف عبد الله ندا.
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Seeing Omar win gold the previous day increased his own motivation before the final.
Where in the source: Same own answer, effect of his brother’s gold.
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Lineage
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Open lineage