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 (as an Independent Olympic Athlete) and 2020.[3]
 Abdullah Al-Rashidi at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 23, 1963 Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Skeet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Bronze medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achievements edit
Abdullah Al-Rashidi won three gold medals at the World Shooting Championships, in 1995, 1997 and 1998 and took a bronze medal in 2011. 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 Asian Games golds and one silver medal.[citation needed]
2016 Olympic games edit
In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Al-Rashidi competed as an "independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC over Kuwaiti 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.[citation needed]
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 edit
| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Skeet (men) | T-42nd | T-14th | T-8th | T-7th | 21st | 
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References edit
- ^ "London2012.com". Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abdullah Al-Rashidi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "OCA » Al-Rashidi wins bronze for Kuwait at seventh Olympic Games".
- ^ "Rio 2016: Proud Fehaid Al Deehani rejects IOC – 'I will only carry the Kuwait flag'". The National. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "Olympian wears Arsenal shirt during final, scrapes top four". Independent.co.uk. August 19, 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Shooter wears Gunners shirt as he captures skeet medal". BBC Sport. August 14, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
External links edit
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