Abdulaziz Alshatti
Born (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990
Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti
Sport
CountryIndependent Olympic Athletes team
SportFencing

Abdulaziz Alshatti (born 30 October 1990) is a Kuwaiti fencer who competed in the Épée Individual the 2016 Summer Olympics, and had a record of 0-1. He participated within the Independent Olympic Athletes team rather than for Kuwait, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. "IOC suspends Kuwait's national Olympic committee". USA Today. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. "Suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee". Olympics. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. "Independent Olympic Athletes". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. "Who Are The Independent Olympic Athletes? They've Come So Far". Romper.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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