Fehaid Al-Deehani

Fehaid Al-Deehani

File:فهيد الديحاني.jpg Fehaid Al-Deehani in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1966-10-11) October 11, 1966 Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Kuwait
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Trap, double trap
Coached by	Mirko Cince
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Gold medal at Rio Summer Olympics 2016
Medal record Representing the Independent Olympic Athletes Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double trap Representing Kuwait Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Double trap Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Trap Asian Championships Gold medal – first place 2015 Kuwait City Double trap Gold medal – first place 2015 Kuwait City Trap team Gold medal – first place 2015 Kuwait City Double trap team Silver medal – second place 2012 Doha Double trap Silver medal – second place 2012 Doha Double trap team Asian Shotgun Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Almaty Double trap team Silver medal – second place 2012 Patiala Trap team Silver medal – second place 2012 Patiala Double trap Silver medal – second place 2013 Almaty Trap Silver medal – second place 2013 Almaty Trap team Bronze medal – third place 2012 Patiala Double trap team
Updated on 10 August 2016

Fahad Al-Deehani (Arabic: فهيد الديحاني, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military. He was born in Kuwait City.

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. 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. Al-Deehani called for the resignation of Kuwaiti officials responsible for the IOC ban, but refused to carry the Olympic flag in the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies. 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. He said the medal is the best answer to those who kept the Kuwait flag away from the award ceremonies, 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."

Al-Deehani had retired in the year 2018 after an illustrious career. 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.

Other competitions

In 2014, Al-Deehani won silver in the Asian Games double trap competition.

Olympic results
Event	1992	1996	2000	2004	2012	2016
Trap (mixed)	29th 140	Not held
Trap (men)	Not held	20th 119	—	—	3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze 124+21+4	—
Double trap (men)	Not held	10th 136	3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze 141+45	8th 134	4th 140+45+1	1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 135+28+26

See also

• Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Kuwait at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Kuwait at the 2016 Summer Olympics