Jordan at the Paralympics

Jordan at the Paralympics
IPC code	JOR
NPC	Jordan Paralympic Committee
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 7 Bronze 6 Total 14
Summer appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Jordan first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1984, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then, with the exception of the 1992 Summer Paralympics. The nation has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.

Jordan has won eight Paralympic medals. The first medals were won in 1984 where two women who two silvers and one bronze in athletics. Imad Gharbawi won a silver medal for the men's discus F52 in the 1996 Summer Paralympics. In Sydney, the country took its first gold medal when Maha Bargouthi won the women's singles table tennis competition. Two more medals were won at the 2004 Paralympics, a silver in shot put by Jamil Elshebli and a bronze in table tennis by the three-member women's team (Maha Bargouthi, Khetam Abuawad and Fatmeh Al-Azzam).^[1] In the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Jordanian Paralympians won four more medals: in athletics, Jamil Elshebli earned a silver medal, powerlifter Omar Qarada and Mu'taz Aljuneidi gained one silver and one bronze and Maha Bargouthi, Khetam Abuawad, and Fatmeh Al-Azzam won a bronze medal in their three-member game. Jordan won three medals in powerlifting: two silvers and one bronze.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Maha Bargouthi	1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York City	Athletics	Women's shot put 1A
Bronze	Aida Sheshani	1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York City	Athletics	Women's 100m 1B
Bronze	Aida Sheshani	1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York City	Athletics	Women's 200m 1B
Silver	Imad Gharbawi	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's discus F52
Gold	Maha Al-Bargouti	2000 Sydney	Table tennis	Women's singles 1-2
Silver	Jamil Elshebli	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's shot put F57
Bronze	Khetam Abuawad Maha Al Bargouti Fatemah Al-Azzam	2004 Athens	Table tennis	Women's teams 4-5
Silver	Jamil Elshebli	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F57/58
Silver	Omar Qarada	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Men's -48kg
Bronze	Mu'taz Aljuneidi	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Men's -75kg
Bronze	Khetam Abuawad Fatmeh Al-Azzam	2008 Beijing	Table tennis	Women's teams 4-5
Silver	Omar Qarada	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's -49kg
Silver	Tharwat Alhajjaj	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's -86kg
Bronze	Jamil Elshebli	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's +107kg

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