Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi

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Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi
Personal information
Born (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 25)
Sport
CountrySaudi Arabia
Sport Para-athletics
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 100 m T53

Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi (born 25 December 1997) [1] is a Saudi Arabian Paralympic athlete. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] He was the only competitor to win a medal for Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [3]

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References

  1. "Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. Houston, Michael (1 September 2021). "Rehm jumps to third long jump gold medal at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 1 September 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Burke, Patrick (20 December 2021). "Saudi Arabia's NOC and NPC merge to form Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 20 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)