Saeed Al-Mutairi (; born September 24, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian sport shooter. Al-Mutairi made his official debut for the

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, where he placed thirty-second in men's skeet shooting, with a hit of 117 targets, tying his position with five other shooters, including six-time Olympian and former silver medalist Eric Swinkels of the Netherlands. He managed to score 119 points for his category at the

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in Sydney, and eventually achieved his best career result at the

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, when he shot a total 120 targets in the qualifying rounds, finishing only in seventeenth place. At the

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, Al-Mutairi made his fourth appearance in men's skeet shooting, with a slight preparation and reluctant training. Unlike his three previous games, he struggled to attain a higher position in the qualifying rounds, shooting less than twenty-five clay targets in each of five successive attempts. Because of his poor performance and tough competition, Al-Mutairi finished only in thirty-ninth place at the end of two-day qualifying rounds, for a total score of 104 points. At the

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, Al-Mutairi made his fifth appearance in men's skeet shooting, but his final score of 119 was not enough to see him progress despite a second day of qualification that saw him claim a perfect score of 25 in the first round, and 23 in the second, for a total of 48 out of 50.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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