Khalif Ayyat Al-Issa (Arabic: خليف عياط العيسى; December 1, 1929 – September 5, 2022) was a Jordanian Olympic sports shooter. He won the World Military Shooting Championship in 1979.[1] He represented Jordan at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2] Ayyat died on September 5, 2022, at the age of 92.[3]

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.[1]

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.[4] He competed in both mixed 50 metre rifle prone and mixed 50 metre rifle three positions events.[2]

Mixed 50 metre rifle prone

Main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle prone

he finished 32nd out of 56 competitor.[5]

Rank Shooter Total
32T  Khleif Ayyat (JOR) 591
Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions
Main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions

he finished 32nd out of 39 competitor.[6]

Rank Shooter PP KP SP Total
32T  Khleif Ayyat (JOR) 395 365 344 1,104

References

  1. ^ a b هيئة رواد الحركة الرياضية والشبابية تنعى الرائد المخضرم خليف عياط
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amera Khalif". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Khalif Ayyat". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jordan Shooting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shooting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shooting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2017.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khleif_Ayyat
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