Khleif Ayyat

Khalif Ayyat Al-Issa (; December 1, 1929 – September 5, 2022) was a Jordanian Olympic sports shooter. He won the World Military Shooting Championship in 1979. Ayyat died on September 5, 2022, at the age of 92.

He worked in the army from 1947 to 1984. He took part in the 1948 and 1967 wars. At the end of his caree his rank was lieutenant colonel. During his career he worked for years for the Military Sports Federation. He is described as “veteran pioneer” in his country.

Olympic participation Moscow 1980 Khleif was the oldest participant for Jordan in that tournament aged 50 years and 235 days by the start of the tournament. He competed in both mixed 50 metre rifle prone and mixed 50 metre rifle three positions events. Rank Shooter Total 32T 591 Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

he finished 32nd out of 39 competitor.