{{short description|Qatari trap shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ray Bassil | native_name = راي باسيل | native_name_lang = Arabic | birth_name = Ray Jacques Bassil<ref name=961bio>{{Cite web|last=Kabboul|first=Tamara|date=2019-11-12|title=This Lebanese Trapshooter Just Made It to the 2020 Olympic Games!|url=https://www.the961.com/this-lebanese-trapshooter-just-made-it-to-the-2020-olympic-games/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=The961|language=en-US}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Dlebta, Lebanon | alma_mater = Notre Dame University–Louaize | height = 1.76 m | weight = 63 kg | country = {{QAT}} | sport = Shooting | event = Trap | turnedpro = 2006 | coach = Daniele Di Spigno | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's trap shooting}} 30px {{MedalCountry|{{QAT}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Shymkent|Trap}} {{Medal|Country|{{LBN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup Final}} {{MedalBronze |2017 New Delhi|Trap}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold |2016 Nicosia|Trap}} {{MedalSilver |2016 Rio de Janeiro|Trap}} {{MedalSilver |2016 Baku|Trap}} {{MedalSilver |2017 Larnaka|Trap}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold |2018 Jakarta-Palembang|Mixed trap}} {{MedalBronze |2018 Jakarta-Palembang|Trap}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Doha|Trap}} {{MedalGold|2019 Almaty|Mixed trap}} {{MedalGold|2023 Changwon|Trap}} {{MedalSilver |2009 Almaty|Trap}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Kuwait City|Trap}} {{MedalSilver |2017 Astana|Trap}} {{MedalBronze |2016 Abu Dhabi|Trap}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}} {{MedalBronze |2007 Nicosia|Trap}} }} '''Ray Bassil''' ({{langx|ar|راي باسيل}}; born 20 October 1988) is a Qatari trap shooter. She previously represented Lebanon, competing in four consecutive Olympic Games— 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.
== Career == Bassil started trap-shooting aged eight, encouraged by her father Jacques.<ref name=961bio/> She began her competitive career in 2006.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Shooting BASSIL Ray|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1311551-bassil-ray.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-27|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727164144/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1311551-bassil-ray.htm}}</ref> In 2007, Bassil won her first medal at the ISSF Junior World Championships held in Nicosia, Cyprus, winning bronze.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2516|title=Lebanon's Trap shooter Bassil secures first world cup gold in career in Nicosia|website=ISSF|date=27 January 2016 |access-date=2017-09-23}}</ref> She represented Lebanon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/Sports/article/767773/La_composition_de_la_delegation_libanaise_aux_JO_de_Londres_2012_devoilee.html|title=La composition de la délégation libanaise aux JO de Londres 2012 dévoilée | Sports Liban | L'Orient-Le Jour|date=2012-07-19|publisher=Lorientlejour.com|accessdate=2012-07-30}}</ref> finishing 18th,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=Lebanese shooter hoping to raise spirits back home with Tokyo success|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210722-lebanese-shooter-hoping-to-raise-spirits-back-home-with-tokyo-success|access-date=2021-07-27|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished 14th.<ref name=":1" />
Bassil won her first career gold medal at the 2016 ISSF World Cup held in Nicosia.<ref name=":0" /> With her gold medal win at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics|url=https://blogbaladi.com/ray-bassil-wins-gold-medal-at-asian-cup-qualifies-to-2020-tokyo-summer-olympics/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Blog Baladi|date=7 November 2019 }}</ref> Bassil was Lebanon's flag bearer at the 2020 Olympics;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yassine|first=Hussein|date=22 July 2021|title=Ray Bassil Is Aiming For Lebanon's First Olympic Medal In Decades|url=https://www.the961.com/ray-bassil-aiming-lebanon-olympic-medal/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=The961|language=en-US}}</ref> she finished the women's trap event in 21st place.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bassil ends Olympic campaign in 21st place|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Sports/Other-Sports/2021/Jul-29/522190-bassil-ends-olympics-campaign-in-21st-place.ashx|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.dailystar.com.lb|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729121556/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Sports/Other-Sports/2021/Jul-29/522190-bassil-ends-olympics-campaign-in-21st-place.ashx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She was the only person to compete for Lebanon through qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She trained in Lebanon and Italy.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Sarah |last2=Burgen |first2=Stephen |last3=Delacloche |first3=Laure |date=2024-07-02 |title=In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/in-a-class-of-their-own-three-olympic-sportswomen-talk-about-overcoming-war-hardship-and-the-taliban |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Personal life == Bassil graduated with a bachelor's degree in Food and Beverage Management from Notre Dame University–Louaize.<ref name="961bio" /> She speaks three languages: Arabic, English and French.<ref name=":2" />
== Olympic results == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! colspan="5" |Olympic results |- !Event !2012 !2016 !2020 !2024 |- |align="left"|Trap |18th<br>64 |14th<br>65 |21st<br>114 |21st<br>114 |}
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==External links== * {{ISSF|id=SHLIBW2010198801}}
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