Jordan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Jordan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Jordan.svg
IPC codeJOR
NPCJordan Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors12 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Jordan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Jordanian athletes competed in three sports: athletics, powerlifting and table tennis. Among the competitors was , a table tennis player who won Jordan's first Paralympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. The team left for Beijing on September 29.[1]

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Jamil Elshebli Athletics Men's Shot Put - F57/58
 Silver Omar Qarada Powerlifting Men's -48 kg
 Bronze Khetam Abuawad
 Table Tennis Women's Team - Classes 4/5
 Bronze Powerlifting Men's -75 kg

Sports[]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's field[]

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
F57-58 Shot put 13.29 888 11
Jamil Elshebli F57-58 Shot put 14.28 1064 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
F55-56 Discus throw 32.59 846 9
F33-34/52 Discus throw 17.05 913 7

Women's field[]

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
F57-58 Discus throw 23.05 733 13

Powerlifting[]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men[]

Athlete Event Result Rank
75kg 210.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
56kg 160.0 9
Omar Qarada 48kg 162.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women[]

Athlete Event Result Rank
52kg 80.0 7

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Khetam Abuawad Women's singles C5  Bessho (JPN)
W 3-2 		 Nardelli (ITA)
W 3-1 		  (USA)
W 3-0 		1 Q N/A  Ren G (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Zimmerer (GER)
L 0-3 		4
Women's singles C4  Perić (SRB)
L 2-3 		  (SLO)
W 3-0 		  (POL)
W 3-1 		2 Did not advance
Maha Al-Bargouti Women's singles C1-2  Lafaye (FRA)
L 1–3 		  (IRI)
L 2–3 		N/A 3 Did not advance
Khetam Abuawad

Maha Al-Bargouti 		Women's team C4-5 N/A  South Africa (RSA)
W 3-0 		 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 3-2 		 China (CHN)
L 1-3 		 Serbia (SRB)
W 3-1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Competing in sports gave me a life: Jordan's first Paralympics gold medalist". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2008-08-31.



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