Minister of Youth and Sport H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and QOC Secretary-General Jassim Rashid Al Buenain pose for a photograph with award winning Qatari athletes during the Sport Excellence Awards 2021 at Barahat Msheireb yesterday.
Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) held its annual Sport Excellence Awards at Barahat Msheireb yesterday to honour those who made glorious achievements and took Qatar’s name to greater heights at the Olympic and sports levels during the year 2021.
QOC President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani handed over the Sport Excellence Awards to the winners.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallists Mutaz Barshim and Fares Ibrahim along with Abderrahman Samba were named Male Athletes of the Year while rower Tala Abujbara, who showed impressive performance at the Olympics, took the Female Athlete of the Year Award. Abdulrahman Abdulqader Abdulrahman and Sara Hamdi Masoud were declared best para-athletes.
Apart from the athletes, the awards were presented to the administrators, sport personalities and institutions supporting the sports, with the attendance of prominent sport and public figures, representatives of government and private organisations, who spared no effort in support of Qatari sport movement during a challenging sport season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
H E Sheikh Joaan said that this Sport Excellence Awards comes in the light of QOC’s constant commitment to honour the athletes of prominent achievements along with the partners from Ministries and institutions that are supporting the sport movement.
He lauded all the achievements being made this year, appreciated team Qatar’s new chapter of achievements in Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and described Qatar’s participation as the best-ever in the nation’s sports history, which ended with 4 medals.
The tally includes two gold medals claimed by Fares and Barshim besides a bronze medal clinched by the Qatar beach volleyball team, in addition to Abdulqader’s bronze medal at the shot pot competitions of the Paralympic Games.
H E Sheikh Joaan said that these ongoing series of success of team Qatar at different domains are an outcome of unlimited support given by the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the first supporter of sports.
Meanwhile, the QOC Secretary General Jassim Rashid Al Buenain delivered messages of thanks and gratitude to H H the Amir for his unlimited support to the Qatar sports.
“We made history and stole the spotlights at Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after adding unprecedented achievements to the Qatar’s sport record,” he said.
“Our team Qatar won two gold medals and secured another two bronze medals to lead the Arabic standings at the Games as Qatar took the 41st place in the overall standings,” Al Buenain added.
“On this occasion, we appreciate the role played by the Ministries, government bodies, authorities, public institutions and private companies in supporting the country’s sport movement, in a way that keep our plans, goals and ambitions applicable and possible” the QOC Secretary General added.
Award winners
Athletes:
• Male Athlete of the Year: Fares Ibrahim, Mutaz Barshim and Abderrahman Samba.
• Female Athlete of the Year: Tala Abujbara
• Male Para-Athlete of the Year: Abdulrahman Abdulqader Abdulrahman
• Female Para-Athlete of the Year: Sara Hamdi Masoud
• Promising Male Athlete of the Year: Saeed Zmzom Alabsi
• Jockey of the Year: Faleh Bo Ghneim
• Golden Federation: Qatar Weightlifting and Fencing Federation, Qatar Athletics Federation and Qatar Volleyball Association
• Men’s Team of the Year: Beach Volleyball Team
• Women’s Team of the Year: Women’s Table Tennis Team
• Male best personal sports Achievement in Community: Rashid Rashid Al Khayarin Al Hajri
• Female best personal sports Achievement in Community: Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Sheikha Asma bint Thani Al Thani, Lolwa Al Marri and Sheikha Hanoof bint Thani Al Thani
Administration:
• Distinguished Governmental Institution in Supporting Olympic Movement: Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Media Partner: Al Kass Channels
• Recognition Award for Personalities that served sport in Qatar: Sheikh Mohammed bin Eid Al Thani and Yousef Ahmed Alsai
• Team Qatar Official Supporter: Ibn Ajayan Projects and Aamal Company
• Official Sponsor of Sport For Life Programs: Vodafone
• Distinguished company in supporting sport: Sports Corner
• Distinguished local company in supporting sport: Snoonu
• Coach of the Year: Ibrahim Al Said Hassouna and Mariano Baracetti
• Male Administrator of the Year: Khalifa Yousef Abdul Malik, Zayed Mubarak Al khayarin, Mohamed Salem Al Kuwari and Mohamed Anbar Al Nasser
• Female Administrator of the Year: Nawal Abdulla Al Sulaiti
• Referee of the Year: Abdullah Ali Al Motawa Al Hammadi
• Female Referee of the Year: Abeer Al Buainain
• Camel Trainer of the Year: Mohamed Khalid Al Attiyah
• Camel Owner of the Year: Nasser Abdulla Al Mesnad
• Horse Owner of the Year: Khalifa S Al Kuwari
• Qatari Horse Trainer of the Year: Ibrahim Saeed Almalki
