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| Nationality | Kuwaiti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abdulrahman Al Faihan (born 24 June 1986) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter who competed in the Men's Trap Shooting competition in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He participated within the Independent Olympic Athletes team. [1]
Career
In January 2016 he won a gold medal and an Olympic quota place while competing under the ISSF flag at the 2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi, India. The IOC had imposed a suspension on the Kuwait Olympic Committee in October 2015 as a result of legislation brought in by the Kuwaiti government that could have affected the autonomy of sporting organizations in the country.
References
- ^ "Who Are The Independent Olympic Athletes? They've Come So Far". Romper.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
Categories:
- Living people
- 1986 births
- Kuwaiti male sport shooters
- Trap and double trap shooters
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic shooters for Kuwait
- Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic shooters as Independent Olympic Participants
- Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Kuwait
- Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait
- Asian Games medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Kuwait