Dadallah Noor Mohamed Al-Bulushi ( ar, داد الله نور محمد البلوشي; born August 17, 1958, in

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) is an Omani sport shooter. Al-Bulushi was one of sixteen athletes, including his brother

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, who made the nation's official debut at the

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in Los Angeles, where he competed in two rifle shooting events. He placed forty-ninth in the 50 m rifle prone, with a total score of 582 points, tying his position with three other shooters including Israel's Itzhak Yonassi. Few days later, he competed for his second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where he was able to shoot 387 targets in a prone position, 341 in kneeling, and 322 in standing, for an overall total score of 1,050 points, finishing only in fiftieth place. Twenty-four years after competing in his first Olympics, Al-Bulushi qualified for his second Omani team as a 49-year-old at the

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in Beijing by receiving an additional place in rifle shooting. He placed fifty-first in the

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, by one target ahead of Cuba's Eliécer Pérez from the final attempt, with a total score of 582 points. For being the most experienced team member, Al-Bulushi also became Oman's flag bearer at the

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NBC Olympics Profile
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