Saud Habib ( ar, سعود حبيب; born January 4, 1979, in

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) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter. He represented his nation

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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2016), and also won a bronze medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2000 ISSF World Cup meet in

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. Habib is also a member of the Kuwait City Shooting Club, where he trains full-time under Czech-born coach and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Petr Málek.

Career

Habib made his Olympic debut for Kuwait in shooting at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. There, he tallied 117 clay pigeons out of a possible 125 to share a thirty-fifth place tie with three other shooters in the men's skeet. Sixteen years after his Olympic debut, Habib qualified for his second Kuwaiti team, as a 37-year-old and a member of the Independent Olympic Participants, at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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. Despite his defeat 12–13 to United Arab Emirates' Saif bin Futtais in the gold medal match, he consoled himself with a minimum qualifying score of 121 and the first of four available slots at the 2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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* 1979 births Living people Kuwaiti male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Kuwait Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kuwait City Olympic shooters as Independent Olympic Participants Asian Games medalists in shooting Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{Kuwait-sportshooting-bio-stub