Mohammad Samim Faizad (born 7 August 2002) is an Afghan judoka who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in the men's 81 kg category.
[4] Faizad was chosen by the Afghan National Olympic Committee after winning a tournament in Kabul that involved over one hundred athletes to receive a universality quota spot from the IOC.
He is the only athlete representing Afghanistan at the 2024 Olympics who continues to live and train in the country since the Taliban takeover in 2021.
[2] On 30 July 2024 at the Paris Olympics, he lost in his first match to Wachid Borchashvili of Austria, who scored an ippon by seoi nage.
[5] However, on 3 August 2024, Faizad was disqualified from the tournament after receiving a provision suspension due a doping violation.