Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Tunisia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by 35 athletes (22 men and 13 women).^[1]

Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	TUN
NPC	Tunisian Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors	35 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Ahmed Benhaj Ali
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze 3 Total 21
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Farhat Chida	Athletics	Men's 400m T38
Gold	Abderrahim Zhiou	Athletics	Men's 800m T12
Gold	Farhat Chida	Athletics	Men's long jump F37-38
Gold	Mourad Idoudi	Athletics	Men's club throw F32/51
Gold	Mourad Idoudi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F32/51
Gold	Faouzi Rzig	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F33-34/52
Gold	Somaya Bousaid	Athletics	Women's 800m T12-13
Gold	Somaya Bousaid	Athletics	Women's 1500m T13
Gold	Raoua Tlili	Athletics	Women's shot put F40
Silver	Abbes Saidi	Athletics	Men's 400m T38
Silver	Mohamed Fouzai	Athletics	Men's 5000m T46
Silver	Abderrahim Zhiou	Athletics	Men's 10000m T12
Silver	Mohamed Krid	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F33-34/52
Silver	Mourad Idoudi	Athletics	Men's shot put F32
Silver	Sonia Mansour	Athletics	Women's 100m T38
Silver	Sonia Mansour	Athletics	Women's 200m T38
Silver	Raoua Tlili	Athletics	Women's discus throw F40
Silver	Hania Aidi	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F54-56
Bronze	Mohamed Charmi Farhat Chida Fares Hamdi Abbes Saidi	Athletics	Men's 4x100m relay T35-38
Bronze	Mahmoud Khaldi	Athletics	Men's pentathlon P12
Bronze	Yousra Ben Jemaa	Athletics	Women's discus throw F32-34/51-53

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ahmed Aouadi	T54	100m	14.61	8 q	—		14.72	8
		200m	27.03	21	did not advance
		400m	50.24	16 q	52.84	13	did not advance
Ahmed Belhaj Ali	T12	100m	11.48	11 Q	11.42	11	did not advance
Samir Chaabani	T46	Marathon	—				2:35:54	6
Mohamed Charmi	T37	200m	25.30	6 q	—		53.24	8
		800m	—				2:03.91	4
Farhat Chida	T38	100m	—				11.39	5
		200m	23.69	6 Q	—		22.60	4
		400m	—				51.14
Mohamed Fouzai	T46	800m	2:00.78	8 Q	—		1:53.75	4
		1500m	4:09.95	8 Q	—		4:41.87	12
		Marathon	—				DNF
Ali Ganfoudi	T12	100m	11.60	12 Q	11.40	10	did not advance
		200m	23.75	18	did not advance
Mahmoud Khaldi	T12	400m	50.12	3 q	DNF		did not advance
Faycal Othmani	T37	800m	—				2:12.42	6
Abbes Saidi	T38	200m	25.50	13	did not advance
		400m	—				51.97
Fethi Saidi	T46	200m	23.59	16	did not advance
		400m	52.26	13	did not advance
Abderrahim Zhiou	T12	800m	1:56.01	1 Q	—		1:52.13 WR
		10000m	—				31:43.15
		Marathon	—				2:35:26	4
Omar Zidi	T52	400m	1:08.03	12	did not advance
		Marathon	—				2:09:04	7
Fethi Zouinkhi	T54	Marathon	—				1:38:06	30
Mohamed Charmi Farhat Chida Fares Hamdi Abbes Saidi	T35-38	4x100m relay	—				47.81

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Mohamed Amara	F40	Shot put	9.23	-	11
Farhat Chida	F37-38	Long jump	6.44 WR	1104
Abdeljabbar Dhifallah	F37-38	Javelin throw	39.10	812	9
Fares Hamdi	F37-38	Long jump	5.77 SB	1003	6
Mourad Idoudi	F32	Shot put	10.40	-
	F32/51	Club throw	35.77 WR	1125
		Discus throw	19.72 WR	1132
Mahmoud Khaldi	P12	Pentathlon	3149
Mohamed Krid	F33-34/52	Discus throw	38.09	969	4
		Javelin throw	31.26	1172
		Shot put	9.43	874	14
Faouzi Rzig	F33-34/52	Javelin throw	34.81 WR	1305
Hamdi Warfili	F37-38	Discus throw	39.47	886	7
		Shot put	12.56 SB	842	8
Abderrahim Zhiou	P12	Pentathlon	3050		6

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Somaya Bousaid	T13	400m	56.86	2 Q	56.72	4
		800m	2:20.18	3 Q	2:03.21
		1500m	—		4:14.00
Sonia Mansour	T38	100m	13.65 PR	2 Q	13.66
		200m	27.93 =WR	1 Q	28.07
Masouda Siffi	T54	100m	18.16	11	did not advance
		200m	33.01	13	did not advance
		Marathon	—		1:57:19	10

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Hania Aidi	F54-56	Javelin throw	16.83	1149
		Shot put	6.31	1016	4
Aroua Bidani	F32-34/51-53	Discus throw	5.96	537	19
		Shot put	4.08	802	16
Yousra Ben Jemaa	F32-34/51-53	Discus throw	21.00	1098
		Shot put	6.52	864	14
	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	14.51	1022	5
Najet Ghribi	F35-38	Javelin throw	20.62	868	12
Amani Guizani	F35-38	Javelin throw	18.04 SB	1040	7
Fatma Kachroudi	F37-38	Discus throw	26.39	898	9
		Shot put	8.70	849	15
Aida Sidhom	F35-38	Javelin throw	26.25	1105	4
Mariem Soudani	F57-58	Discus throw	30.78	979	6
Raoua Tlili	F40	Discus throw	27.61 SB	-
		Shot put	8.95 WR	-

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Tunisia at the Paralympics
• Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Jeux paralympiques de Beijing 2008: la Tunisie sera représentée par 35 athlètes". The Xinhua News Agency (in French). 2008-08-27. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee