Garrah Tnaiash (born 1 January 1991) is an Iraqi Paralympic athlete of short stature. He represented Iraq 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 and he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F40. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the same event at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F40 event. Two years later, he also won the gold medal in the same event at the 2017 World Championships held in London, United Kingdom. At the

2018 Asian Para Games The 2018 Asian Para Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Difabel Asia 2018, ''Asian Para Games 2018''), officially known as the 3rd Asian Para Games and also known as Indonesia 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event that held from 6 to 13 October 2018 ...

held in Jakarta, Indonesia, he set a new world record of 10.88m in the shot put F40 event. At the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he won the silver medal in the shot put F40 event. At this event Denis Gnezdilov of Russia threw a distance of 10.88m, the same as Tnaiash's world record.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tnaiash, Garrah Living people 1991 births Place of birth missing (living people) Iraqi male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes for Iraq Paralympic gold medalists for Iraq Paralympic silver medalists for Iraq Competitors in athletics with dwarfism Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships 21st-century Iraqi people