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Abdullah Al-Rashidi (born August 23, 1963) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter and three-time world champion.[1] He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020,[2] winning bronze medals in men's skeet in both 2016 and 2020.[3]

Abdullah Al-Rashidi

Abdullah Al-Rashidi at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Personal information
Born	(1963-08-23) August 23, 1963 (age 58) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country	Kuwait
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Skeet
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Bronze medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016
Medal record Representing  Kuwait Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Skeet World Championships 1995 Nicosia Skeet 1997 Lima Skeet 1998 Barcelona Skeet 2011 Belgrade Skeet Representing the Independent Olympic Athletes Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Skeet
Updated on 28 July 2021.

Achievements

Abdullah Al-Rashidi won three gold medals at the World Shooting Championships, in 1995, 1997 and 1998 and in 2011 he took a bronze medal. Competing since 1989, he is also the winner of four World cup events. He has six gold and three silver medals from Asian Shooting Championships and two gold and one silver medal from Asian Games.

2016 Olympic games

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Al-Rashidi competed as an "independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC over government interference in sport.[4] He won the qualification, finished fourth in the semifinals and won the bronze medal match against Ukraine's Mikola Milchev, the winner from Sydney in 2000.

As his status of being an independent Olympian did not enable the restriction of the uniform of his national team, he received media attention for competing whilst wearing the training shirt of Arsenal F.C. despite not being a supporter himself, leading to people on social media to draw comparison to him and the team's performance in the Premier League.[5][6]

Al-Rashidi won his second Olympic bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, this time competing for Kuwait.[3]

Olympic results

Event	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Skeet (men)	T-42nd	T-14th	T-8th	T-7th	21st

References

External links

• Abdullah Al-Rashidi at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Abdullah Al-Rashidi at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Abdullah Al-Rashidi

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[fr] Abdullah al-Rashidi

Abdullah al-Rashidi (né le 21 août 1963) est un tireur sportif koweïtien.

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[it] Abdullah Al-Rashidi

Abdullah Al-Rashidi (in arabo: عبدالله الرشيدي‎; 21 agosto 1963) è un tiratore a volo kuwaitiano, specialista dello skeet.

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[ru] Аль-Рашиди, Абдулла

Абдулла Аль-Рашиди (араб. عبدالله الرشيدي‎; 21 августа 1963 года, Эль-Кувейт) — кувейтский стрелок, выступающий в дисциплине скит, участник семи Олимпиад (1996—2020). Трёхкратный чемпион мира, шестикратный чемпион Азии. Двукратный бронзовый призёр олимпийских игр (2016 и 2020).

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