Jordan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
# Jordan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Jordan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Jordanian athletes competed in three sports: athletics, powerlifting and table tennis. Among the competitors was Maha Barghouti, a table tennis player who won Jordan's first Paralympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. The team left for Beijing on September 29.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Jamil Elshebli | Athletics | Men's Shot Put - F57/58 |
| Silver | Omar Qarada | Powerlifting | Men's -48 kg |
| Bronze | Khetam Abuawad Fatmeh Al-Azzam | Table Tennis | Women's Team - Classes 4/5 |
| Bronze | Mu'taz Aljuneidi | Powerlifting | Men's -75 kg |

## Sports

### Athletics

**Men's field**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Amer Alabbadi | F57-58 | Shot put | 13.29 | 888 | 11 |
| Jamil Elshebli | F57-58 | Shot put | 14.28 | 1064 | |
| Omar Hamadin | F55-56 | Discus throw | 32.59 | 846 | 9 |
| Mohammad Yaseen | F33-34/52 | Discus throw | 17.05 | 913 | 7 |

**Women's field**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Tharwh Al Hajaj | F57-58 | Discus throw | 23.05 | 733 | 13 |

### Powerlifting

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mu'taz Aljuneidi | 75kg | 210.0 | |
| Faisal Hammash | 56kg | 160.0 | 9 |
| Omar Qarada | 48kg | 162.5 | |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Fatama Allawi | 52kg | 80.0 | 7 |

### Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Khetam Abuawad | Women's singles C5 | Bessho (JPN) W 3-2 | Nardelli (ITA) W 3-1 | Nir Kistler (USA) W 3-0 | 1 Q | — | — | Ren G (CHN) L 0-3 | Zimmerer (GER) L 0-3 | 4 |
| Fatmeh Al-Azzam | Women's singles C4 | Perić (SRB) L 2-3 | Dolinar (SLO) W 3-0 | Rozmiej (POL) W 3-1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maha Al-Bargouti | Women's singles C1-2 | Lafaye (FRA) L 1–3 | Khazaei (IRI) L 2–3 | — | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Khetam Abuawad Fatmeh Al-Azzam Maha Al-Bargouti | Women's team C4-5 | — | — | — | — | South Africa (RSA) W 3-0 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3-2 | China (CHN) L 1-3 | Serbia (SRB) W 3-1 | |
