Khaled Al-Mudhaf

Khaled Al-Mudhaf
Personal information
NationalityKuwaiti
Born (1978-06-12) 12 June 1978 (age 46)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
CountryKuwait
SportShooting
EventTrap (TR125)
ClubKuwait City Shooting Club[1]
Coached byRustam Yambulatov[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Kuwait
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lahti Trap
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nicosia Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changwon Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lonato del Garda Trap team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lonato del Garda Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku Trap
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Trap team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Trap
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha Trap
Asian Shotgun Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Almaty Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Abu Dhabi Trap
Gold medal – first place 2017 Astana Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kuwait City Trap team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Shanghai Trap
Silver medal – second place 1997 Brunei Trap
Silver medal – second place 1999 Kuwait City Trap
Silver medal – second place 2001 Bangkok Trap
Silver medal – second place 2003 New Delhi Trap
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bangkok Trap
Silver medal – second place 2007 Manila Trap
Silver medal – second place 2009 Almaty Trap
Silver medal – second place 2013 Almaty Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Almaty Trap team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kuala Lumpur Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kuala Lumpur Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kuala Lumpur Trap team
Representing the
Athletes from Kuwait
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Trap

Khaled Al-Mudhaf (Arabic: خالد المضف; born 12 June 1978) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter.[2][3] He captured the men's trap title at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland, and finished in the top six respectively on two successive editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Apart from his World championship title, Al-Mudhaf also collected fourteen more medals to his career record, including two from the Asian Games (a silver in Guangzhou 2010 and a bronze in Doha 2006). Al-Mudhaf is a member of the Kuwait City Shooting Club, where he trains full-time under Russian-born coach Rustam Yambulatov.[1][4]

Career

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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 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and then upgraded to silver at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, attaining total scores of 128 and 137 clay pigeons respectively.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Khaled Al-Mudhaf". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "World Cup gold for Kuwaiti shooter Khaled Al-Mudhaf". ARAB TIMES - KUWAIT NEWS. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  4. ^ "Khaled Al Mudhaf – World Champion Trap Shooter". Men's Passion. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's Trap" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Three for the Arabs". Al-Ahram Weekly. 4 October 2000. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Peel wins second GB medal". BBC Sport. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Anwer Sultan strikes gold". Sportstar. 13 September 2002. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Shooting: Men's Trap Final". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Shooter Khaled Al-Mudhaf apologizes for losing in Olympics". Kuwait News Agency. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Asian Games: Another golden day for Chinese athletes in Doha". Taipei Times. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Kuwaiti shooter Al-Mudhaf dedicates Asian medals to his country". Kuwait News Agency. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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