Nidal Asmar

Nidal Asmar (Arabic: نضال الاسمر‎; born 26 July 1969 in Beirut) is a Lebanese-born Australian sport shooter.[1] Holding his dual citizenship to compete internationally for his native homeland, Asmar placed fourteenth in trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and eventually shot a perfect 125 to break his own world record at the 2007 Australian Cup in his current residence Melbourne, Australia.[2][3]

Nidal Asmar
Personal information
Full nameNidal Asmar
Nationality Lebanon
Born (1969-07-26) 26 July 1969
Beirut, Lebanon
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap (TR125)

Asmar qualified as a lone shooter for the Lebanese squad in the men's trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, after having accepted a wild card invitation from the International Shooting Sport Federation.[2][4] He fired 117 out of 125 targets to openly force a five-way tie with Brazil's Rodrigo Bastos, Germany's Karsten Bindrich, Kuwait's Naser Meqlad, and Finland's Petri Nummela for fourteenth place in the qualifying round, the highest ever rank for an athlete representing Lebanon.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nidal Asmar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. "ISSF Profile – Nidal Asmar". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. "Lebanon's Nidal Asmar Shoots the Perfect Score to Equal the World Record". World Lebanese Cultural Union. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Men's Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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