Fehaid Al-Deehani
Kuwaiti sports shooter (born 1966)
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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]
Fehaid Al-Deehani in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 11, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Trap, double trap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mirko Cince | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gold medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] and added that everyone was calling him "Fehaid the Kuwaiti"; thus, the medal 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 an Instagram post that he is returning 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]
