Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari

Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari (; 3 December 1957 16 March 2022), also known as Khaled Khalifa, was a Kuwaiti Olympic middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Career Khalifa began his athletic career as a goalkeeper for the Khaitan SC team in 1972. He would go on to win 38 national and international medals in athletics.

Khalifa earned his first international medals at the 1979 Arab Athletics Championships. He won the 800 m silver medal and 1500 m gold medal, running times of 1:53.98 and 3:58.4 respectively.

Khalifa was seeded in the first 1500 m heat at the 1980 Olympics. He ran 3:57.55 seconds to place 8th, failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Khalifa was also entered on the Kuwaiti Olympic × 400 m team, but he did not start that race. Later that year at the 1983 Asian Athletics Championships, Khalifa won the silver medal again running 1:49.97.

He died on 16 March 2022.