Ibrahim Hani Bisharat ( ar, ابراهيم هاني بشارات; born February 22, 1984, in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

) is a Jordanian equestrian rider. He is a three-time Olympian and is currently ranked no. 285 in the world by

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(FEI). At age twenty, Bisharat 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), ...

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, where he competed in the individual jumping event, along with his horse Qwinto. He placed fifty-second at the end of qualifying rounds, with a total of forty-two penalties. At the

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, Bisharat rode his second horse Sam-Sam in the individual jumping event, where he received a total of forty-one penalties in the second qualifying round, and was thereby eliminated from the competition. At the

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, Bisharat selected his third and current horse Vrieda O to ride and compete for the third time in the individual jumping event. Unlike his two previous games, Bisharat was immediately eliminated at the first stage of the qualifying rounds after knocking down three fences, and incurring time penalties, which placed him in the bottom fifteen places of a seventy-five strong field. Bisharat is currently coached by Dutch-born Belgian equestrian rider

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NBC Olympics Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bisharat, Ibrahim 1984 births Living people Jordanian male equestrians Olympic equestrians of Jordan Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amman Equestrians at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Jordan