Naser Al-Meqlad (also Naser Meqlad, ar, ناصر المقلد; born August 12, 1982, in

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter. He won two gold medals for the individual trap shooting at the

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in Doha, Qatar, and at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

in Guangzhou, China. At age twenty-one, Meqlad made his official debut for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, where he finished fourteenth out of thirty-five shooters in the qualifying rounds of the men's trap, with a score of 117 points, tying his position with five other shooters, including Germany's Karsten Bindrich. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, Meqlad competed for the second time in men's trap shooting, where was able to fire 71 targets on the first day, and 44 on the second day, for a total score of 115 points, finishing only in eighteenth place.

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* 1982 births Asian Games medalists in shooting Kuwaiti male sport shooters Living people Olympic shooters for Kuwait Sportspeople from Kuwait City Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kuwait Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{Kuwait-sportshooting-bio-stub