Youssef Badawy (Arabic: يوسف بدوي, born 6 August 2001) is an Egyptian karateka and a world-classed champion.

He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 84 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

[3] In February 2020, before COVID-19 outbreak, he won the silver medal in the men’s team kumite event at the African Championship in Tangier, Morocco.

In April 2021, after the hiatus foisted by the karate events suspension due to COVID, he made his first premier league participation for the season in Lisbon, Portugal.

[4] Badawy competed with Male Kumite -84kg category’s best bets and swept the two premier leagues held at the thick of the season.

At the semi-final bout, Badawy bumped heads with Jessie Da Costa who outmatched with a single point almost till the end.

The moment at which one truly values everything he has sacrificed for, and at which every instant of fatigue, pain, frustration, loss, and despair flashes right before his eyes, making him perceive Allah’s blessing and forget how that all felt once.

[13] In March, he went for playing for Al-Sharjah Sporting Club and placed first at the national Karate General League held in UAE.

[14][15] Outmatching his opponent at the Mediterranean Games semifinal, Badawy received a hard blow to the head that knocked him out for a few seconds.

[20][21] Badawy had a rough start for the 2023 season as he had to sit out the Karate Premier League held in his hometown, Cairo, Egypt, because of his jaw injury.

[27] In August, Badawy celebrated his return for the 2023 season with a gold medal at the individual and team event at the African Championship in Casablanca, Morocco.

[31][32] Badawy participated in Moscow Karate Universe international competition two weeks after the world championship and achieved a gold medal.

In December 2019, Badawy was bestowed the third-class Order of the Republic by Egypt's president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for winning his world bronze medal in Chile.

The Faculty of Engineering of Ain Shams University honored him for sport excellence and his four international achievements in karate of the 2022 year.

[44] In July of the same year, he was bestowed the first-class Order of the Republic by Egypt's president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for his gold medal at the individual and teams event in the African Games in Ghana.