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| Ahmad Alafasi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 January 1983 Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kuwaiti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ahmad Alafasi (born 10 January 1983) is a Kuwaiti athlete who competed in the Men's Double Trap Shooting competition in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He participated within the Independent Olympic Athletes team. [1]
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