Naser Al-Meqlad

Naser Al-Meqlad (also Naser Meqlad, Arabic: ناصر المقلد; born August 12, 1982, in Kuwait City) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter.[1] He won two gold medals for the individual trap shooting at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[2][3]

Naser Al-Meqlad
Personal information
Nationality Kuwait
Born (1982-08-12) 12 August 1982
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap
ClubKuwait Shooting Club
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Kuwait
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2006 DohaTrap
Gold medal – first place2006 DohaTeam Trap
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouTrap
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouTeam Trap

At age twenty-one, Meqlad made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished fourteenth out of thirty-five shooters in the qualifying rounds of the men's trap, with a score of 117 points, tying his position with five other shooters, including Germany's Karsten Bindrich.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Meqlad competed for the second time in men's trap shooting, where was able to fire 71 targets on the first day, and 44 on the second day, for a total score of 115 points, finishing only in eighteenth place.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Naser Al-Meqlad". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Kuwait's debutant shooter Meqlad wins in men's trap at Asiad". Xinhua. People's Daily Online. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Kuwait Meqlad wins men's trap shooting gold at Asiad". People's Daily Online. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. "Men's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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