Osamah Alshanqiti is a Saudi Arabian athlete who competes in

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

and

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

. He represented Saudi Arabia 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 ...

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, and won his country's first ever Olympic or Paralympic gold medal, with a world record jump of 15.37 metres in the F12 triple jump event."Results - Monday 8 September"
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Living people Paralympic athletes for Saudi Arabia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian people with disabilities Saudi Arabian male triple jumpers Saudi Arabian male long jumpers Track and field athletes with disabilities Paralympic silver medalists for Saudi Arabia Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Paralympic-medalist-stub