Naser Al-Meqlad

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'''Naser Al-Meqlad''' (also Naser Meqlad, {{langx|ar|ناصر المقلد}}; born August 12, 1982, in Kuwait City) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Naser Al-Meqlad|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/naser-al-meqlad-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/naser-al-meqlad-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 1 January 2013}}</ref> He won two gold medals for the individual trap shooting at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kuwait's debutant shooter Meqlad wins in men's trap at Asiad|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/04/eng20061204_328039.html|work=Xinhua|publisher=People's Daily Online|date=4 December 2006|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kuwait Meqlad wins men's trap shooting gold at Asiad|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/7205243.html|publisher=People's Daily Online|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>

At age twenty-one, Meqlad made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished fourteenth out of thirty-five shooters in the qualifying rounds of the men's trap, with a score of 117 points, tying his position with five other shooters, including Germany's Karsten Bindrich.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Meqlad competed for the second time in men's trap shooting, where was able to fire 71 targets on the first day, and 44 on the second day, for a total score of 115 points, finishing only in eighteenth place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Trap Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM401900/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=1 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819214643/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM401900/standings.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 }}</ref>

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