Fehaid Al-Deehani
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| Born |
October 11, 1966 Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |
 Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Trap, double trap | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mirko Cince | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | Gold medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 10 August 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fehaid Al-Deehani (Arabic: فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military.[1] He was born in Kuwait City.[2][3]
Olympic career
Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's double trap shooting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won another bronze for the men's Olympic trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Al-Deehani competed as an "independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC.[1] Al-Deehani called for the resignation of Kuwaiti officials responsible for the IOC ban,[4] but refused to carry the Olympic flag in the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies.[1] Al-Deehani defeated Italian Marco Innocenti in the gold medal match of the men's double trap, becoming the first independent athlete to win a gold medal.[5]
Other competitions
In 2014, Al-Deehani won silver in the Asian Games double trap competition.[6]
| Olympic results | ||||||
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| Event | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Trap (mixed) | 29th 140 |
Not held | ||||
| Trap (men) | Not held | 20th 119 |
— | — |  Bronze124+21+4 |
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| Double trap (men) | Not held | 10th 136 |
Bronze 141+45 |
8th 134 |
4th 140+45+1 |
 Gold135+28+26 |
See also
- Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Kuwait at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Kuwait at the 2016 Summer Olympics
References
- 1 2 3 "Rio 2016: Proud Fehaid Al Deehani rejects IOC – 'I will only carry the Kuwait flag'". The National. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ↑ "Fehaid Al Deehani Olympic medals and stats". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ nbcolympics.com. "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics - Kuwait , Country Profile, Olympic Tradition - Outlook, Medal Count - NBC Olympics". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ "Documentary highlights pain of Olympic hopefuls". Arab Times. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ↑ "Kuwaiti becomes first independent athlete to win gold with men's double trap win". stuff.co.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ Dudko, James. "Asian Games Day 6 Results". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
| Olympic Games | ||
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| Preceded by Fawzi Al-Shammari Abdullah Al-Rashidi |
Flagbearer for Kuwait Athens 2004 London 2012 |
Succeeded by Abdullah Al-Rashidi Incumbent |
Olympic champions in men's double trap | |
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