Fatema Nedham

Fatema Nedham is a Paralympic athlete from Bahrain.[1] She is the first female Paralympic athlete to win a medal at the Summer Paralympics for Bahrain.[1] She represented the country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F53 event with a throw of 4.76 metres.[2][1] She was also the flag bearer for her country during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Fatema Nedham

Sport
Country	Bahrain
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Born without legs and three fingers are missing on each hand
Disability class	F53
Event(s)	Discus throw Javelin throw Shot put
Medal record Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F53 World Championships 2017 London Shot put F53 Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Discus throw F51/52/53

She also represented Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the women's discus throw F32–34/51–53 event without winning a medal. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the women's discus throw F51/52/53 and women's javelin throw F33/34/52/53 events, also without winning a medal.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F53.[3]

References

1. "Fatema Nedham". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
2. "Bahrain's Fatema Nedham clinches gold in shot put". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
3. Etchells, Daniel (22 July 2017). "Brazil's Ferreira dos Santos breaks another world record at World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

External links

• Fatema Nedham at the International Paralympic Committee