Jordan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Jordan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Jordanian athletes competed in three sports: athletics, powerlifting and table tennis. Among the competitors was Maha Barghouti, a table tennis player who won Jordan's first Paralympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. The team left for Beijing on September 29.[1]

Jordan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeJOR
NPCJordan Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors12 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverJamil ElshebliAthleticsMen's Shot Put - F57/58
 SilverOmar QaradaPowerliftingMen's -48 kg
 BronzeKhetam Abuawad
Fatmeh Al-Azzam		Table TennisWomen's Team - Classes 4/5
 BronzeMu'taz AljuneidiPowerliftingMen's -75 kg

Sports

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's field
Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Amer Alabbadi F57-58 Shot put 13.29 888 11
Jamil Elshebli F57-58 Shot put 14.28 1064
Omar Hamadin F55-56 Discus throw 32.59 846 9
Mohammad Yaseen F33-34/52 Discus throw 17.05 913 7

Women's field
Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Tharwh Al Hajaj F57-58 Discus throw 23.05 733 13

Powerlifting
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete Event Result Rank
Mu'taz Aljuneidi 75kg 210.0
Faisal Hammash 56kg 160.0 9
Omar Qarada 48kg 162.5

Women
Athlete Event Result Rank
Fatama Allawi 52kg 80.0 7

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Khetam Abuawad Women's singles C5  Bessho (JPN)
W 3-2		  Nardelli (ITA)
W 3-1		  Nir Kistler (USA)
W 3-0		 1 Q N/A  Ren G (CHN)
L 0-3		  Zimmerer (GER)
L 0-3		 4
Fatmeh Al-Azzam Women's singles C4  Perić (SRB)
L 2-3		  Dolinar (SLO)
W 3-0		  Rozmiej (POL)
W 3-1		 2 Did not advance
Maha Al-Bargouti Women's singles C1-2  Lafaye (FRA)
L 1–3		  Khazaei (IRI)
L 2–3		 N/A 3 Did not advance
Khetam Abuawad
Fatmeh Al-Azzam
Maha Al-Bargouti		 Women's team C4-5 N/A  South Africa (RSA)
W 3-0		  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 3-2		  China (CHN)
L 1-3		  Serbia (SRB)
W 3-1

See also

References
  1. "Competing in sports gave me a life: Jordan's first Paralympics gold medalist". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2008-08-31.



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