Abdullah Sultan Alaryani

Emirati Paralympic sport shooter

Personal information

Born

(1970-08-12) 12 August 1970 (age 53)

Sport

Country

United Arab Emirates

Sport

Paralympic shooting

Disability

Paraplegia

Disability class

SH1

Medal record

Paralympic Games

	2012 London	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1
	2020 Tokyo	50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	10 m air rifle standing SH1
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1
Asian Para Games
	2022 Hangzhou	50 m rifle 3 positions

Abdullah Sultan Alaryani (born 12 August 1970)^[1] is a sport shooter from the United Arab Emirates.^[2] He competed at the Summer Paralympics in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021 and in total, he won two gold medals and three silver medals.

Career

In 2012, he won the gold medal in the mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1 event at the Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom.^[2] He also represented the United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won three silver medals in total.^[2]^[3]

In 2021, he represented the United Arab Emirates at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] He won the gold medal in the R7 Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 event.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Personal life

He became paralyzed below the waist after a car crash in 2001.^[6]

References

^ "Shooting: ALARYANI, Abdulla Sultan". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Abdulla Sultan Alaryani". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Rio 2016 Paralympics: UAE shooter Abdullah Sultan Al Aryani wins his third silver medal of Games". The National. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Shooting Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Houston, Michael (3 September 2021). "Alaryani wins UAE's first Tokyo 2020 Paralympics gold with 50m rifle win". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Abdulla Sultan Alaryani defies the pressure to take first Tokyo 2020 gold for UAE". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.