Atta Mohammed Elayyan was a Jordanian-New Zealand futsal player, coach, businessman, and developer.
12 Facts About Atta Elayyan
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Atta Elayyan was of Palestinian ancestry, and his father was from the Abu Dis area of East Jerusalem.
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Atta Elayyan later moved to Christchurch, as a preteen, and attended Christchurch Boys' High School, Lincoln High school, and the University of Canterbury's computer science programme.
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Atta Elayyan played Counter-Strike: Source professionally in this time, and won several competitions.
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Atta Elayyan was the goalkeeper for the Canterbury United Futsal Dragons and had made 19 appearances for the New Zealand national futsal team.
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Atta Elayyan won two national titles with the Canterbury team and was the recipient of New Zealand Football's futsal player of the year award in 2014.
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Atta Elayyan had been coaching the Christchurch Boys' High School futsal team that had entered the secondary schools' national competition.
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Atta Elayyan founded its services arm, LWA Solutions, in 2012, and remained its CEO until his death.
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Atta Elayyan was awarded the prestigious Microsoft MVP award during this period.
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On 15 March 2019, Atta Elayyan was fatally shot during the Christchurch mosque shootings.
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Mohammed Elayyan was shot and wounded in the attacks but survived.
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Atta Elayyan was married and is survived by his wife and daughter, who was 2 years old at the time of his death.