Khleif Ayyat Explained

Khleif Ayyat
Full Name:Khleif Ayyat Al-Issa
Nationality:Jordanian
National Team:Jordan
Birth Date:1 December 1929
Birth Place:Mafraq, Jordan
Height:167 cm
Weight:59 kg
Sport:Shooting
Updated:4 May 2021

Khleif Ayyat (Arabic: خليف عياط; December 1, 1929 – September 5, 2022) was a Jordanian Olympic sports shooter. He represented Jordan at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] Ayyat died on September 5, 2022, at the age of 92.[2]

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.[3] He competed in both mixed 50 metre rifle prone and mixed 50 metre rifle three positions events.

Mixed 50 metre rifle prone

See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle prone. he finished 32nd out of 56 competitor.[4]

Rank Shooter Total
32T 591
Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions. he finished 32nd out of 39 competitor.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Amera Khalif . 12 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203103106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/amera-khalif-1.html . dead . 3 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Khalif Ayyat . Olympedia . 6 December 2023.
  3. Jordan Shooting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010728/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JOR/summer/1980/SHO/ . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 July 2017.
  4. Shooting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020213/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SHO/mixed-small-bore-rifle-prone-50-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 July 2017.
  5. Shooting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SHO/mixed-small-bore-rifle-three-positions-50-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 July 2017.