Jordan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Jordan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Jordan.svg
IPC code JOR
NPC Jordan 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 Maha Barghouti, 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]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jamil Elshebli Athletics Men's Shot Put - F57/58
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Omar Qarada Powerlifting Men's -48 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Khetam Abuawad
Fatmeh Al-Azzam
Table Tennis Women's Team - Classes 4/5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mu'taz Aljuneidi Powerlifting Men's -75 kg

Sports

Athletics

Men's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Amer Alabbadi F57-58 Shot put 13.2988811
Jamil Elshebli F57-58 Shot put 14.281064Silver medal icon.svg
Omar Hamadin F55-56 Discus throw 32.598469
Mohammad Yaseen F33-34/52 Discus throw 17.059137

Women's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Tharwh Al Hajaj F57-58 Discus throw 23.0573313

Powerlifting

Men

AthleteEventResultRank
Mu'taz Aljuneidi 75kg 210.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Faisal Hammash 56kg 160.09
Omar Qarada 48kg 162.5Silver medal icon.svg

Women

AthleteEventResultRank
Fatama Allawi 52kg 80.07

Table tennis

AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Khetam Abuawad Women's singles C5 Flag of Japan.svg  Bessho  (JPN)
W 3-2
Flag of Italy.svg  Nardelli  (ITA)
W 3-1
Flag of the United States.svg  Nir Kistler  (USA)
W 3-0
1 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ren G  (CHN)
L 0-3
Flag of Germany.svg  Zimmerer  (GER)
L 0-3
4
Fatmeh Al-Azzam Women's singles C4 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Perić  (SRB)
L 2-3
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Dolinar  (SLO)
W 3-0
Flag of Poland.svg  Rozmiej  (POL)
W 3-1
2did not advance
Maha Al-Bargouti Women's singles C1-2 Flag of France.svg  Lafaye  (FRA)
L 1–3
Flag of Iran.svg  Khazaei  (IRI)
L 2–3
3did not advance
Khetam Abuawad
Fatmeh Al-Azzam
Maha Al-Bargouti
Women's team C4-5 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)
W 3-0
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)
W 3-2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 1-3
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)
W 3-1
Bronze medal icon.svg

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References

  1. "Competing in sports gave me a life: Jordan's first Paralympics gold medalist". Xinhua News Agency . 2008-08-31. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-31.