Fahad Al-Deehani ( ar, فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

i professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military. He was born in

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Olympic career

Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's

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shooting event at the

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, and won another bronze for the men's

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shooting event at the

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. At the

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, Al-Deehani competed as an " independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC. Al-Deehani called for the resignation of Kuwaiti officials responsible for the IOC ban, but refused to carry the Olympic flag in the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies. Al-Deehani defeated Italian

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in the gold medal match of the men's double trap, becoming the first independent athlete to win a gold medal.

Other competitions

In 2014, Al-Deehani won silver in the Asian Games double trap competition.

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* 1966 births Living people Kuwaiti male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Kuwait Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists as Independent Olympic Participants Olympic bronze medalists for Kuwait Trap and double trap shooters Asian Games medalists in shooting Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters as Independent Olympic Participants Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kuwait City Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Kuwait Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait Asian Games bronze medalists for Kuwait Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{Kuwait-sportshooting-bio-stub

Olympic career

Other competitions

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