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.

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

Sports Athletics

Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankAmer AlabbadiF57-58Shot put13.2988811Jamil ElshebliF57-58Shot put14.281064Omar HamadinF55-56Discus throw32.598469Mohammad YaseenF33-34/52Discus throw17.059137

Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankTharwh Al HajajF57-58Discus throw23.0573313

Powerlifting

Men AthleteEventResultRankMu'taz Aljuneidi75kg210.0Faisal Hammash56kg160.09Omar Qarada48kg162.5

Women AthleteEventResultRankFatama Allawi52kg80.07

Table tennis

AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKhetam AbuawadWomen's singles C5W 3-2W 3-1W 3-01 Qalign="center" colspan="2" L 0-3L 0-34Fatmeh Al-AzzamWomen's singles C4L 2-3W 3-0W 3-12did not advanceMaha Al-BargoutiWomen's singles C1-2L 1–3L 2–3align="center" 3did not advanceKhetam Abuawad Fatmeh Al-Azzam Maha Al-BargoutiWomen's team C4-5align="center" colspan="4" W 3-0W 3-2L 1-3W 3-1

See also Jordan at the Paralympics Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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