Ahmad Al Maktoum (sports shooter)
Sport shooter and Emirati Royal family member
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Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum (أحمد بن محمد بن حشر آل مكتوم)[2] (born 18 February 1963 in Dubai[1]) is an Emirati sports shooter who won the first ever Olympic medal for his country.[3]
Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 February 1963[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Emirati | ||||||||||||||
| House | Al Maktoum | ||||||||||||||
| Father | Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum | ||||||||||||||
| Mother | Maitha bint Abdullah Al Falasi | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport shooting | ||||||||||||||
Events | Trap, double trap | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sport career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the double trap event and finished fourth in the trap event.
At the 2005 ISSF World Cup, he won another gold medal in double trap.
He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the final in trap.[4]
He subsequently began coaching young British shooter Peter Wilson, who would win the double trap event at the 2012 London Olympics.[5][6]
