Omar Qarada

Omar Sami Hamadeh Qarada (عمر قرادة; born 1 March 1981) is a Jordanian Paralympic powerlifter. He is a three-time medalist at the Summer Paralympics, including gold in 2021, and a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the World Para Powerlifting Championships. He is the first powerlifter representing Jordan to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.

Career
Qarada represented Jordan at the 2008, 2016, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He won a medal on all three of those occasions: in 2008, he won the silver medal in the men's 48kg and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's 49kg event, as well as gold in the men's 49kg at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Both Qarada and Lê Văn Công of Vietnam lifted 173kg at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Qarada won the gold medal as a result of his lighter body weight.

Qarada is also a two-time gold medalist in his event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships; he won the gold medal both in 2010 and in 2021. In 2017, he won the silver medal in the men's 49kg event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he also won the silver medal in the men's 49kg event.

At the 2010 Asian Para Games held in Guangzhou, China, he won the gold medal in his event.