Ahmad Gholoum

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Ahmad Abdullah Hassan Gholoum (born 31 May 1980) is a Kuwaiti athlete specialising in the shot put. [1] He won multiple medals on regional level.

His personal bests in the event are 19.18 metres outdoors (Amman 2007) and 19.08 metres indoors (Hangzhou 2012). The latter is the standing national record.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
2012 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 19th (q)Shot put 15.76 m
Arab Junior Championships Damascus, Syria 1stShot put16.25 m
1999 Asian Junior Championships Singapore 1stShot put17.87 m
Arab Championships Beirut, Lebanon 3rdShot put17.91 m
2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 5thShot put 17.81 m
2001 Arab Championships Damascus, Syria 2ndShot put18.92 m
2002 West Asian Games Kuwait City, Kuwait 2ndShot put18.04 m
Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 6thShot put 17.37 m
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 4thShot put 18.27 m
2004 Pan Arab Games Algiers, Algeria 3rdShot put18.20 m
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games Mecca, Saudi Arabia 7thShot put 17.22 m
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 6thShot put 17.92 m
Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 3rdShot put17.77 m
2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 6thShot put 18.26 m
2007 Arab Championships Amman, Jordan 1stShot put19.18 m
Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 5thShot put 18.17 m
Asian Indoor Games Macau, China 2ndShot put 18.88 m
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt 5thShot put 18.71 m
2008 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 1stShot put 18.55 m
2011 Arab Championships Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 2ndShot put18.67 m
Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 2ndShot put 18.74 m
2012 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 4thShot put 19.08 m
West Asian Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1stShot put18.97 m
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 5thShot put 18.71 m
2015 Arab Championships Isa Town, Bahrain 3rdShot put18.08 m

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