Abdullah Al-Rashidi

Abdullah Al-Rashidi (born August 23, 1963) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter and three-time world champion.[1] He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020,[2] winning bronze medals in men's skeet in both 2016 (as an Independent Olympic Athlete) and 2020.[3]

Not to be confused with Abdullah Al-Rashidi (footballer).

Abdullah Al-Rashidi
Abdullah Al-Rashidi at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Personal information
Born (1963-08-23) August 23, 1963
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country Kuwait
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsBronze medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016
Medal record
Representing  Kuwait
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Skeet
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Skeet
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Skeet
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Nicosia Skeet
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lima Skeet
Gold medal – first place 1998 Barcelona Skeet
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Belgrade Skeet
Representing the Independent Olympic Athletes
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Skeet
Updated on 28 July 2021.

Achievements

Abdullah Al-Rashidi won three gold medals at the World Shooting Championships, in 1995, 1997 and 1998 and in 2011 he took a bronze medal. Competing since 1989, he is also the winner of four World cup events. He has six gold and three silver medals from Asian Shooting Championships and two gold and one silver medal from Asian Games.

2016 Olympic games

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Al-Rashidi competed as an "independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC over Kuwaiti government interference in sport.[4] He won the qualification, finished fourth in the semifinals and won the bronze medal match against Ukraine's Mikola Milchev, the winner from Sydney in 2000.

As his status of being an independent Olympian did not enable the restriction of the uniform of his national team, he received media attention for competing whilst wearing the training shirt of Arsenal F.C. despite not being a supporter himself, leading to people on social media to draw comparison to him and the team's performance in the Premier League.[5][6]

Al-Rashidi won his second Olympic bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, this time competing for Kuwait.[3]

Olympic results
Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Skeet (men) T-42nd T-14th T-8th T-7th 21st 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
  1. "London2012.com". Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abdullah Al-Rashidi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  3. "OCA » Al-Rashidi wins bronze for Kuwait at seventh Olympic Games".
  4. "Rio 2016: Proud Fehaid Al Deehani rejects IOC – 'I will only carry the Kuwait flag'". The National. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  5. "Olympian wears Arsenal shirt during final, scrapes top four". Independent.co.uk. August 19, 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  6. "Rio 2016 Olympics: Shooter wears Gunners shirt as he captures skeet medal". BBC Sport. August 14, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.


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