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Fehaid Al-Deehani

Fehaid Al-Deehani

Kuwaiti sports shooter

Fahad Al-Deehani (Arabic: فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military.[1] He was born in Kuwait City.[2][3]

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Olympic career

Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's double trap shooting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and thus he became the first Kuwaiti to ever win an Olympic bronze medal.[4] He won another bronze for the men's Olympic trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Al-Deehani competed as an "independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC.[1] Al-Deehani called for the resignation of Kuwaiti officials responsible for the IOC ban,[5] but refused to carry the Olympic flag in the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies.[1] Al-Deehani defeated Italian Marco Innocenti in the gold medal match of the men's double trap, becoming the first independent athlete and Kuwaiti to win a gold medal.[6] He said the medal is the best answer to those who kept the Kuwait flag away from the award ceremonies[7] He added that everyone was calling him “Fehaid the Kuwaiti”. This medal, he added, would carry the name of Kuwait. “I was not representing the Olympic Committee; rather I represented Kuwait.”[8]

Al-Deehani had retired in the year 2018 after an illustrious career.[9] On 28 August, 2023, he announced in a instagram post that he is returning back to international competitions as per an appeal from the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah and in response to homeland's call for return.[10]

Other competitions

In 2014, Al-Deehani won silver in the Asian Games double trap competition.[11]

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See also

References

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    "Rio 2016: Proud Fehaid Al Deehani rejects IOC – 'I will only carry the Kuwait flag'". The National. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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    "Fehaid Al Deehani becomes first ever Kuwaiti to win Olympic Gold : ANOC". Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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    "Documentary highlights pain of Olympic hopefuls". Arab Times. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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    "Kuwaiti becomes first independent athlete to win gold with men's double trap win". stuff.co.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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    "Kuwait facing ban from Rio 2016 as row continues but athletes to be offered opportunity to compete under Olympic flag". www.insidethegames.biz. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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    "Proud Kuwaiti soldier refuses to carry Olympic flag". Arab News. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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    Times, Kuwait (2018-04-16). "KSSC make statements over Daihani's retirement". Kuwait Times. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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    "AlDeehaniFehaid - Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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    Dudko, James. "Asian Games Day 6 Results". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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