Ray Jacques Bassil ( ar, راي باسيل; born 20 October 1988) is a Lebanese

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. She won gold at the

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Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

, and at the

2019 Asian Shooting Championships The 2019 Asian Shooting Championships were the 14th Asian Shooting Championships and took place from 5 to 13 November 2019, at Lusail Shooting Complex, Doha, Qatar. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo ...

in Doha. Bassil has also three times represented Lebanon at the Olympic Games, in

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and

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Career

Bassil started

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aged eight, encouraged by her father Jacques. She began her competitive career in 2006. In 2007, Bassil won her first medal at the ISSF Junior World Championships held in

, Cyprus, winning bronze. She represented Lebanon at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, finishing 18th, and at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished 14th. Bassil won her first career gold medal at the

held in Nicosia. With her gold medal win at the

in Doha, Qatar, she qualified to the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo. Bassil was Lebanon's flag bearer at the 2020 Olympics; she finished the women's trap event in 21st place.

Personal life

Bassil graduated with a bachelor's degree in Food and Beverage Management from Notre Dame University–Louaize. She speaks three languages: Arabic, English and

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Olympic results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bassil, Ray Living people Lebanese female sport shooters 1988 births People from Keserwan District Olympic shooters for Lebanon Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in shooting Asian Games bronze medalists for Lebanon Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Lebanese women 20th-century Lebanese people 21st-century Lebanese women 21st-century Lebanese people