Over the weekend, Kuwaiti athlete Ahmad Al-Mutairi came first in the men’s 100m athletics race at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Not only did he come first but he also broke the Paralympics record while doing so. This means Ahmad Al-Mutairi currently holds both the Paralympics and world record for the Men’s 100m – T33 event.
Ahmed broke the world record last year in Doha during the IPC Athletics World Championships and at the age of 22, is currently the youngest Kuwaiti athlete taking part in the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
In total there are currently 6 Kuwaitis taking part in the Rio 2016 Paralympics:
Abdullah Al Saif (Athletics)
Ahmad Al Mutairi (Athletics)
Atef Aldousari (Shooting)
Hamad Aladwani (Athletics)
Mohammad Nasser (Athletics)
Naser Saleh (Athletics)
You can get more details as well as their full event schedule from the Rio Paralympics website [Here]
6 replies on “Kuwaiti Athlete Wins Gold and Breaks Record at Rio 2016 Paralympics”
That is absolutely great. He must get an equal amount of recognition as Fehaid AlDehaini got when he comes back to Kuwait.
Awesome stuff.
Congratulations and Celebrations !!!
Congratulations! This is very awesome! Thanks Mark, I didn’t even know Kuwait had a paraolympic team – glad to hear that not only do we have a team, but our members are doing well!
I got goosebumps when i saw him just pulling away fast from the other racers
Salute !!