Fatema Nedham is a Paralympic athlete from

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. She is the first female Paralympic athlete to win a medal at the Summer Paralympics for Bahrain. She represented the country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F53 event with a throw of 4.76 metres. She was also the flag bearer for her country during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also represented Bahrain at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in the women's discus throw F32–34/51–53 event without winning a medal. She also competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in the women's discus throw F51/52/53 and women's javelin throw F33/34/52/53 events, also without winning a medal. At the

2017 World Para Athletics Championships The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It wa ...

held in London, United Kingdom, she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F53.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic athletes for Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Bahrain Bahraini female shot putters Female discus throwers Female javelin throwers Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Wheelchair discus throwers Wheelchair shot putters Wheelchair javelin throwers Paralympic shot putters Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic javelin throwers 21st-century Bahraini women 21st-century Bahraini people {{Paralympic-medalist-stub