Saudi Arabia at the Paralympics explained

Npc:KSA
Npcname:Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia
Games:Paralympics
Gold:2
Silver:2
Bronze:2

Saudi Arabia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with two competitors in powerlifting. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics but the nation first participated in the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022 with Fayik Abdi who took part in Alpine skiing. All Saudis have competed in athletics or powerlifting.[1]

Saudi Arabia has won a total of four medals, two through Osamah Alshanqiti in 2008. Alshanqiti was the Kingdom's first Paralympic champion when he set a world record of 15.37m in the triple jump, F12 category. His other medal was a silver in the long jump, with a result of 7.06m, behind South Africa's Hilton Langenhoven (7.31m).[2] The other two medals belong to Hani Alnakhli, with a silver in 2012 and a bronze in 2016.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
2 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0
3 1 1 0 2 48
4 0 1 0 1 67
3 0 0 1 1 76
7 0 0 1 1 78
Total 1 2 2 5 75

Medals by Summer sport

Medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's triple jump F12
Men's long jump F12
Men's discus throw F32-34
Men's shot put F33
Men's 100 metres T53

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=KSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Saudi Arabia at the Paralympics
  2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=KSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Saudi Arabia at the Paralympics