Garrah Tnaiash

Garrah Tnaiash

Personal information
Born	(1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33)
Sport
Country	Iraq
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Short stature
Disability class	F40
Event	Shot put
Medal record Men's para-athletics Representing  Iraq Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 2 2 1 Asian Para Games 2 0 0 Total 5 3 2 Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F40 2020 Tokyo Shot put F40 2024 Paris Shot put F40 World Championships 2015 Doha Shot put F40 2017 London Shot put F40 2019 Dubai Shot put F40 2023 Paris Shot put F40 2024 Kobe Shot put F40 Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Shot put F40 2022 Hangzhou Shot put F40

Garrah Nassar Tnaiash (born 1 January 1991) is an Iraqi Paralympic athlete of short stature.^[1] He represented Iraq at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F40.^[1] In 2021, he won the silver medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F40 event. Two years later, he also won the gold medal in the same event at the 2017 World Championships held in London, United Kingdom.^[2]

At the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia, he set a new world record of 10.88m in the shot put F40 event.

At the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he won the silver medal in the shot put F40 event. At this event Denis Gnezdilov of Russia threw a distance of 10.88m, the same as Tnaiash's world record.^[3]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Iraq
2015	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Shot put	10.66 m
2016	Summer Paralympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Shot put	10.76 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	1st	Shot put	10.49 m
2018	Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	Shot put	10.88 m
2019	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2nd	Shot put	10.77 m
2021	Summer Paralympics	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Shot put	11.15 m

• Garrah Tnaiash at the International Paralympic Committee