{{short description|Kuwaiti sport shooter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = #d09df2 | name = Saud Habib | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Saud Habib | nickname = | nationality = {{KUW}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kuwait City, Kuwait | death_date = | death_place = | height = 175 cm | weight = 69 kg | website = | country = | sport = Shooting | event = Skeet (SK125) | club = Kuwait City Shooting Club<ref name=issf/> | coach = Petr Málek<ref name=issf/> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{KUW}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Kuwait City|Skeet team}} {{MedalGold|2015 Kuwait City|Skeet}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Kuwait City|Skeet team}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Doha|Skeet team}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Doha|Skeet}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Shotgun Championships}} {{MedalGold|2014 Al-Ain|Skeet team}} {{MedalGold|2016 Abu Dhabi|Skeet team}} {{MedalGold|2018 Kuwait City|Skeet team}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Abu Dhabi|Skeet}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Kuwait City|Skeet team}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Saud Habib''' ({{langx|ar|سعود حبيب}}; born January 4, 1979, in Kuwait City) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Saud Habib|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/saud-habib-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031225/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/saud-habib-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 11 July 2016}}</ref> He represented his nation Kuwait in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2016), and also won a bronze medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2000 ISSF World Cup meet in New Delhi, India. Habib is also a member of the Kuwait City Shooting Club, where he trains full-time under Czech-born coach and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Petr Málek.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Saud Habib|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHKUWM0410197901|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Habib made his Olympic debut for Kuwait in shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics. There, he tallied 117 clay pigeons out of a possible 125 to share a thirty-fifth place tie with three other shooters in the men's skeet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's Skeet|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sh/SHresults.pdf|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|pages=73–75|accessdate=29 March 2015|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071618/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sh/SHresults.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Three for the Arabs|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/501/sp1.htm|publisher=Al-Ahram Weekly|date=4 October 2000|accessdate=15 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404173239/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/501/sp1.htm|archivedate=4 April 2011}}</ref>
Sixteen years after his Olympic debut, Habib qualified for his second Kuwaiti team, as a 37-year-old and a member of the Independent Olympic Participants, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Despite his defeat 12–13 to United Arab Emirates' Saif bin Futtais in the gold medal match, he consoled himself with a minimum qualifying score of 121 and the first of four available slots at the 2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite news|title=UAE's Saif Bin Futtais secures the Skeet Men Gold in the closing event of the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2480|publisher=ISSF|date=2 February 2016|accessdate=11 July 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{ISSF name|SHKUWM0410197901}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Habib, Saud}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Kuwaiti male sport shooters Category:Olympic shooters for Kuwait Category:Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Sportspeople from Kuwait City Category:Olympic shooters as Independent Olympic Participants Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Asian Games silver medalists in shooting
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