Abdullah Al-Rashidi

Abdullah Al-Rashidi (born August 21, 1963) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter.[1] He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016.[2]

Abdullah Al-Rashidi
Personal information
Born (1963-08-21) August 21, 1963
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country Kuwait
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsBronze medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016
Medal record
Representing the Independent Olympic Athletes
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Skeet
Representing  Kuwait
World Championships
1995 Nicosia Skeet
1997 Lima Skeet
1998 Barcelona Skeet
2011 Belgrade Skeet
Updated on 13 August 2016.

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.[3] 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 nation 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.[4][5]

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

References
  1. London2012.com
  2. 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.
  3. "Rio 2016: Proud Fehaid Al Deehani rejects IOC – 'I will only carry the Kuwait flag'". The National. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  4. "Olympian wears Arsenal shirt during final, scrapes top four". August 19, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. "Rio 2016 Olympics: Shooter wears Gunners shirt as he captures skeet medal". BBC Sport. August 14, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.


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