Khaled Al-Mudhaf
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Nationality | Kuwaiti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | TR125) | 12 June 1978||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kuwait City Shooting Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rustam Yambulatov[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Khaled Al-Mudhaf (
Career
Al-Mudhaf's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed fourth in the men's trap with a total score of 139, just a single clay away from the bronze medal won by Italy's Giovanni Pellielo.[5][6][7]
Two years later, Al-Mudhaf reached the peak of his sporting career by claiming his first individual gold in a major international competition at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland. He hit a total of 146 targets to outplay the rest of the finalists field, including Pellielo and Olympic champion Michael Diamond for the trap title. Coming atop the podium, Al-Mudhaf also assured an Olympic quota for his native Kuwait, and was eventually selected to compete in his second Games.[8]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Al-Mudhaf qualified for his second Kuwaiti team in the men's trap, after having achieved a minimum qualifying score of 122 from his top finish at the Worlds two years earlier.[1][9] As one of the favorites vying for the Olympic medal in the sporting event, Al-Mudhaf put up another top-level effort with a qualifying score of 121 to take the fourth seed in the six-man finals, but fell out of the medals dismally to last under pressure after missing more targets than any other shooter in the field, finishing only with 141 hits.[10][11]
After a disappointing Olympic feat, Al-Mudhaf came back to his noble form to pick up the bronze medal in the individual trap at the
References
- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Khaled Al-Mudhaf". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Khaled Al-Mudhaf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "World Cup gold for Kuwaiti shooter Khaled Al-Mudhaf". ARAB TIMES - KUWAIT NEWS. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Khaled Al Mudhaf – World Champion Trap Shooter". Men's Passion. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Three for the Arabs". Al-Ahram Weekly. 4 October 2000. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Peel wins second GB medal". BBC Sport. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Anwer Sultan strikes gold". Sportstar. 13 September 2002. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooter Khaled Al-Mudhaf apologizes for losing in Olympics". Kuwait News Agency. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Asian Games: Another golden day for Chinese athletes in Doha". Taipei Times. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Kuwaiti shooter Al-Mudhaf dedicates Asian medals to his country". Kuwait News Agency. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
External links
- Khaled Al-Mudhaf at ISSF
- Khaled Al-Mudhaf at Olympedia