Fehaid Al-Deehani

Fahad Al-Deehani (, born October 11, 1966) is a Kuwaiti professional target shooter and officer in the Kuwaiti military.

Olympic career Al-Deehani won a bronze medal for the men's double trap shooting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and thus he became the first Kuwaiti to ever win an Olympic bronze medal. He won another bronze for the men's Olympic trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Al-Deehani competed as an "independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait was banned from the Olympics by the IOC. Al-Deehani called for the resignation of Kuwaiti officials responsible for the IOC ban, but refused to carry the Olympic flag in the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies. He said the medal is the best answer to those who kept the Kuwait flag away from the award ceremonies, and added that everyone was calling him "Fehaid the Kuwaiti"; thus, the medal would carry the name of Kuwait: "I was not representing the Olympic Committee; rather I represented Kuwait."

Al-Deehani had retired in the year 2018 after an illustrious career. On 28 August 2023, he announced in an Instagram post that he is returning to international competitions as per an appeal from the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah and in response to homeland's call for return.

Other competitions In 2014, Al-Deehani won silver in the Asian Games double trap competition.