Fehaid Al Deehani becomes first ever Kuwaiti to win Olympic Gold

Olympic shooter, Fehaid Al Deehani, on Wednesday became the first ever Kuwaiti to win an Olympic gold medal. Al Deehani was competing in the men’s double trap and overcome Italy’s Marco Innocenti in the gold medal match, hitting 26 targets.

Al Deehani had previously become the first Kuwaiti to ever win an Olympic bronze medal match in Sydney 2000 and won another bronze four years ago in London. He is competing as an Independent Olympic Athlete (IOA) at Rio 2016 following the IOC’s suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee and his gold medal is the first ever won by an IOA.