Bahiya Mansour Al-Hamad (born 21 June 1992) is a rifle shooter from

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. She was named the Best Female Athlete of the Year 2011-2012 by the

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(QOC). She qualified for the 2010

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, where she served as the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. Two of her cousins, Amna (air rifle) and Wasmiya Al Abdullah (shotgun), are also members of the national team. Al-Hamad made her Olympic debut in

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. She was the first woman to represent Qatar at the Olympics. She placed 17th of 56 at the 10 m air rifle competition and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Qatar at the Opening Ceremony.

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1992 births Living people Qatari female sport shooters Olympic shooters of Qatar Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Qatari sportswomen Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Qatar {{Qatar-sportshooting-bio-stub