Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum (أحمد بن محمد بن حشر آل مكتوم) (born 31 December 1963 in

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) is an Emirati sports shooter who won the first ever

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for his country.

Sport career

At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, he won the double trap event and finished fourth in the trap event. At the 2005 ISSF World Cup, he won another gold medal in double trap. He competed at the

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, but did not reach the final in trap. He subsequently began coaching young

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shooter Peter Wilson, who would win the double trap event at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maktoum, Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al 1963 births Living people Emirati male sport shooters Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United Arab Emirates Olympic shooters for the United Arab Emirates Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Trap and double trap shooters Sportspeople from Dubai Emirati hunters Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Royal Olympic medalists Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates