Abdullah Al-Rashidi

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

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]

Abdullah Al-Rashidi

Abdullah Al-Rashidi at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Personal information
Born	(1963-08-23) August 23, 1963 (age 61) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country	Kuwait
Sport	Shooting
Event	Skeet
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Bronze medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016
Medal record Representing  Kuwait Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Skeet World Championships 1995 Nicosia Skeet 1997 Lima Skeet 1998 Barcelona Skeet 2011 Belgrade Skeet Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Skeet team 2014 Incheon Skeet 2022 Hangzhou Skeet 1998 Bangkok Skeet 2006 Doha Skeet team 2014 Incheon Skeet team 2022 Hangzhou Skeet mixed team 1994 Hiroshima Skeet team Asian Championships 2007 Kuwait City Skeet 2007 Kuwait City Skeet team 2012 Doha Skeet 2012 Doha Skeet team 2015 Kuwait City Skeet team 2019 Doha Skeet team Asian Shotgun Championships 2009 Almaty Skeet 2012 Patiala Skeet 2012 Patiala Skeet team 2017 Astana Skeet team 2018 Kuwait City Skeet team 2009 Almaty Skeet team 2013 Almaty Skeet 2013 Almaty Skeet team 2022 Almaty Skeet team 2024 Kuwait City Skeet team 2019 Almaty Skeet team 2022 Almaty Mixed skeet team Representing the Kuwait Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Skeet 2010 Guangzhou Skeet team Representing the Independent Olympic Athletes Olympic Games 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 took a bronze medal in 2011. 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 Asian Games golds and one silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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