Fares Badawi (Arabic: فارس بدوي, pronounced [ˈfæːrɪs ˈbædæwi];[1] born 25 July 1996) is a Palestinian judoka who competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

[1][2][3] At the age of 9, following his oldest brother, he started practising judo at the Arab Palestinian Club in Yarmouk, coached by Mohamed Al-Nimr.

[1][3] In 2015, Badawi and his family fled the Syrian civil war for Germany, settling in Braunschweig, where he lives as of 2024[update].

As of July 2024,[update] he is pursuing a master's degree in civil engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig.

[1] In 2024, Badawi was assigned a universality spot to represent Palestine at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in the 81 kg category; he was eliminated by Tajik Somon Makhmadbekov during the round of 32.