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Naser Al-Meqlad (also Naser Meqlad, ; born August 12, 1982, in
Kuwait City Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...
) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter. He won two gold medals for the individual trap shooting at the
2006 Asian Games The 2006 Asian Games (), officially known as the XV Asiad or 15th Asian Games (, and commonly known as Doha 2006 (), were an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the ga ...
in
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, and at the
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in
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. At age twenty-one, Meqlad made his official debut for 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 ...
in
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, where he finished fourteenth out of thirty-five shooters in the qualifying rounds of the men's trap, with a score of 117 points, tying his position with five other shooters, including Germany's
Karsten Bindrich Karsten Bindrich (born 15 April 1973 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg) is a German sport shooter who specializes in the trap. At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in joint fourteenth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six ...
. At the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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, Meqlad competed for the second time in men's trap shooting, where was able to fire 71 targets on the first day, and 44 on the second day, for a total score of 115 points, finishing only in eighteenth place.


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* 1982 births Kuwaiti male sport shooters Living people Olympic shooters for Kuwait Sportspeople from Kuwait City Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kuwait Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in shooting {{Kuwait-sportshooting-bio-stub