Asmahan Boudjadar is an Algerian athlete competing in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

and

javelin A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...

. She won the gold medal in the F33 shot put at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Career

Asmahan Boudjadar competed in the

at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

in Doha, Qatar. She threw a no mark in the final, ending in last place. In March 2016, she broke the African F33 shot put record with a throw of at the IPC Athletes Grand Prix in Dubai. Boudjadar also threw in the

, where she set a new F33 world record. She competed in her first

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later that year. Taking part in the women's F33 shot put, she won the gold medal with a new African record of , ahead of Qatar's

Sara Hamdi Masoud Sara Hamdi Masoud is a Qatari Paralympic athlete. She represented Qatar at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F33 event. She is the first female Paralympic athlete to w ...

and Sara Alesanaani of the United Arab Emirates in second and third place respectively. Boudjadar spoke after the event, saying that she felt it was her revenge after the results at the previous World Championships. In the first Grand Prix event of 2017, she broke the javelin world record once again, with a throw of .

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