Ray Bassil

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Ray Jacques Bassil ({{langx|ar|راي باسيل}}; born 20 October 1988) is a Lebanese trap shooter. She won gold at the 2016 ISSF World Cup in Nicosia, and at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha. Bassil has also four times represented Lebanon at the Olympic Games, in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Career

Bassil started trap-shooting aged eight, encouraged by her father Jacques. She began her competitive career in 2006.{{Cite web|title=Shooting BASSIL Ray|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1311551-bassil-ray.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-27|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727164144/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1311551-bassil-ray.htm}} In 2007, Bassil won her first medal at the ISSF Junior World Championships held in Nicosia, Cyprus, winning bronze.{{Cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2516|title=Lebanon's Trap shooter Bassil secures first world cup gold in career in Nicosia|website=ISSF|date=27 January 2016 |access-date=2017-09-23}} She represented Lebanon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,{{cite web|url=http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/Sports/article/767773/La_composition_de_la_delegation_libanaise_aux_JO_de_Londres_2012_devoilee.html|title=La composition de la délégation libanaise aux JO de Londres 2012 dévoilée | Sports Liban | L'Orient-Le Jour|date=2012-07-19|publisher=Lorientlejour.com|accessdate=2012-07-30}} finishing 18th,{{Cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=Lebanese shooter hoping to raise spirits back home with Tokyo success|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210722-lebanese-shooter-hoping-to-raise-spirits-back-home-with-tokyo-success|access-date=2021-07-27|website=France 24|language=en}} and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished 14th.

Bassil won her first career gold medal at the 2016 ISSF World Cup held in Nicosia. With her gold medal win at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{Cite web|title=Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics|url=https://blogbaladi.com/ray-bassil-wins-gold-medal-at-asian-cup-qualifies-to-2020-tokyo-summer-olympics/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Blog Baladi|date=7 November 2019 }} Bassil was Lebanon's flag bearer at the 2020 Olympics;{{Cite web|last=Yassine|first=Hussein|date=22 July 2021|title=Ray Bassil Is Aiming For Lebanon's First Olympic Medal In Decades|url=https://www.the961.com/ray-bassil-aiming-lebanon-olympic-medal/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=The961|language=en-US}} she finished the women's trap event in 21st place.{{Cite web|title=Bassil ends Olympic campaign in 21st place |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Sports/Other-Sports/2021/Jul-29/522190-bassil-ends-olympics-campaign-in-21st-place.ashx|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}

She was the only person to compete for Lebanon through qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She trained in Lebanon and Italy.{{Cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Sarah |last2=Burgen |first2=Stephen |last3=Delacloche |first3=Laure |date=2024-07-02 |title=In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/in-a-class-of-their-own-three-olympic-sportswomen-talk-about-overcoming-war-hardship-and-the-taliban |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Personal life

Bassil graduated with a bachelor's degree in Food and Beverage Management from Notre Dame University–Louaize. She speaks three languages: Arabic, English and French.

Olympic results

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! colspan="5" \|Olympic results
Event !2012 !2016 !2020 !2024
align="left"\|Trap \|18th 64 \|14th 65 \|21st 114 \|TBD

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! colspan="5" |Olympic results

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!2016

!2020

!2024

align="left"|Trap

|18th
64

|14th
65

|21st
114

|TBD