Bahrain at the Paralympics
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IPC code | BRN |
NPC | Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation |
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Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, sending a delegation to compete in athletics. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.[1]
Bahraini competitors have won a total of ten Paralympic medals, all of them in athletics: two gold, three silver and five bronze. The country's first inaugural participation in the Games in 1984 yielded two bronze medals: K. Alqatam finished third in the men's javelin (category 5), and finished third in the men's 100m sprint (category 5). Bahrain won its first gold medal four years later, with winning the men's slalom in the 1A category. His compatriot took bronze in the same event, while Adel Sultan took a silver medal in the 100m sprint (categories 5–6). In 1992, Al Saqer won the country's only medal, a bronze in the discus (THW2-3). There was no medals in 1996, but in 2000 and obtained a silver and a bronze, respectively, in the discus and the shot put. Ahmed Meshaima's silver in the shot put (F37) in 2004.[2]
Three women have represented Bahrain at the Paralympics: M. Alkhinna and S. Mohamed in sprinting and slalom, Fatema Nedham was the first woman to win a gold medal for Bahrain in the shot put in 2016.[3] Bahraini women's participation in the Paralympics thus predates their participation in the Olympics, which began in 2004.[4]
Medal tallies[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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1984 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43rd |
1988 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37th |
1992 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50th |
1996 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
2000 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58th |
2004 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66th |
2008 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
2012 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
2016 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60th |
Medalists[]
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Athletics | Men's 100m 5 | |
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K. Alqatam | ![]() ![]() |
Athletics | Men's javelin throw 5 |
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Athletics | Men's slalom 1A | |
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Athletics | Men's 100m 5-6 | |
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Athletics | Men's slalom 1A | |
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Athletics | Men's discus throw THW2-3 | |
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Athletics | Men's discus throw F51 | |
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Athletics | Men's club throw F51 | |
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Ahmed Meshaima | ![]() |
Athletics | Men's shot put F37 |
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Fatema Nedham | ![]() |
Athletics | Women's shot put F53 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "Running into History", ESPN, September 25, 2004
- Nations at the Paralympics
- Bahrain at the Paralympics
- Bahraini sport stubs
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