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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.
Saudi Arabia has only ever sent male athletes to compete in the Paralympics, as women in the country are barred from taking part in international sports events. There has reportedly been some pressure on the country to allow women competitors for the 2012 Games,[3] but when a delegation of Saudi Arabia's Disabled Sports Federation Powerlifting Team visited the facilities for the London Games in 2009, its athletes were all men.[4]
Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 Sydney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 Athens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 Beijing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
2012 London | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
2020 Tokyo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 78 |
Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 75 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Totals (1 entries) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Osamah Alshanqiti | ![]() | Athletics | Men's triple jump F12 |
![]() | Osamah Alshanqiti | ![]() | Athletics | Men's long jump F12 |
![]() | Hani Alnakhli | ![]() | Athletics | Men's discus throw F32-34 |
![]() | Hani Alnakhli | ![]() | Athletics | Men's shot put F33 |
![]() | Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi | ![]() | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T53 |
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