Jordan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Jordan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| JOR
NPC| Jordan Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors| 12 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 55th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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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]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Jamil Elshebli | Athletics | Men's Shot Put - F57/58
Silver | Omar Qarada | Powerlifting | Men's -48 kg
Bronze | Khetam Abuawad
Fatmeh Al-Azzam | Table Tennis | Women's Team - Classes 4/5
Bronze | Mu'taz Aljuneidi | Powerlifting | Men's -75 kg

## Sports

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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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

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Tharwh Al Hajaj | F57-58  | Discus throw | 23.05  | 733  | 13

### Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Mu'taz Aljuneidi | 75kg | 210.0  |
Faisal Hammash | 56kg | 160.0  | 9
Omar Qarada | 48kg | 162.5  |

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Fatama Allawi | 52kg | 80.0  | 7

### Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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 | —  |  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  | —  | 3  | did not advance
Khetam Abuawad
Fatmeh Al-Azzam
Maha Al-Bargouti | Women's team C4-5 | —  |  South Africa (RSA)
W 3-0  |  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 3-2  |  China (CHN)
L 1-3  |  Serbia (SRB)
W 3-1  |

## See also

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* Jordan at the Paralympics
* Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Competing in sports gave me a life: Jordan's first Paralympics gold medalist". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-08-31. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-31.

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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China

Africa|

* Algeria
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* Burkina Faso
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* Egypt
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* Afghanistan
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