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(Redirected from Osamah Alshanqiti) Saudi Arabian Paralympic athlete

Osamah Al-Shanqiti
Medal record
Representing  Saudi Arabia
Men's Athletics (F12)
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Triple jump
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Long jump

Osamah Alshanqiti is a Saudi Arabian Paralympian athlete who competes in triple jump and high jump.

He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and won his country's first ever Olympic or Paralympic gold medal, with a world record jump of 15.37 metres in the F12 triple jump event.

Notes

  1. "Alshanqiti lands first Saudi gold in Paralympics", Xinhua, September 9, 2008
  2. "Triple happiness for triple jumper winner Osamah Alshanqiti", China Daily, September 9, 2009
  3. "Results - Monday 8 September", BBC


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