Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Tunisia competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September, 2021.

Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Tunisia
IPC code	TUN
NPC	Tunisian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors	25 in 3 sports
Flag bearers	Raoua Tlili Walid Ktila
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 11
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Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Raoua Tlili	Athletics	Women's shot put F41	27 August
Gold	Walid Ktila	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T34	30 August
Gold	Raoua Tlili	Athletics	Women's discus throw F41	1 September
Gold	Walid Ktila	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T34	4 September
Silver	Ahmed Ben Moslah	Athletics	Men's shot put F37	27 August
Silver	Rouay Jebabli	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T13	31 August
Silver	Yassine Guenichi	Athletics	Men's shot put F36	31 August
Silver	Mohamed Farhat Chida	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T38	31 August
Silver	Rima Abdelli	Athletics	Women's shot put F40	4 September
Bronze	Somaya Bousaid	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres T13	28 August
Bronze	Rouay Jebabli	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T12	2 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:^[1]

#	Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
1	Athletics	10	13	23	34
2	Table tennis	1	0	1	1
3	Triathlon	1	0	1	1
Total		12	13	25	36

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

23 people in 34 events such as Rima Abdelli, Walid Ktila, Mohamed Farhat Chida, Yassine Gharbi, Sonia Mansour, Raoua Tlili and Hania Aidi are among the athletes to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

Number	Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's Track
1	Mohamed Farhat Chida	Men's 100m T38	11.64	8 Q	11.63	7
2		Men's 400m T38	54.67	3 Q	50.33
3	Walid Ktila	Men's 100m T34	—		15.01 PR
4		Men's 800m T34	1:46.59	1 Q
5	Achref Lahouel	Men's 400m T12	DQ WPA 18.5a	-	did not advance
6	Achref Lahouel	Men's 1500m T12	—		3:59.99	9
7	Rouay Jebabli	Men's 400m T12	48.69 PB	3 Q	48.01 PB
8		Men's 1500m T12	—		3:54.55 PB
9	Wajdi Boukhili	Men's 5000m T12	—		16:00.15	6
10		Men's Marathon T12	-
11	Hatem Nasrallah	Men's 5000m T12	—		DNF	-
12		Men's Marathon T12	-
Men's Field
13	Abdennacer Feidi	Men's shot put F32	—		8.82	8
14		Men's Club Throw F32	—		30.24	10
15	Faouzi Rzig	Men's Javelin Throw F34	—		.31.12	8
16	Ahmed Ben Moslah	Men's shot put F37	—		14.5 AR
17	Yassine Guenichi	Men's shot put F36	—		15.12
18	Mohamed Farhat Chida	Men's Long Jump T38	—		6.36	6
Women's Track
19	Soumaya Bousaid	Women's 1500m T13	4:52.04	6 Q	4:31.78
20	Sonia Mansour	Women's 400m T38	1:04.73	5	Did Not Advance
Women's Field
21	Rima Abdelli	Women's shot put F40	—
22	Nourhein Belhaj Salem	Women's shot put F40	—
23	Raja Jebali	Women's shot put F40	—
24	Yousra ben Jemaa	Women's javelin throw F34	—		16.04	4
25	Saoussen Ben Mbarek	Women's javelin throw F34	—		13.00 PB	8
26		Women's shot put F34	—		5.96	9
27	Raoua Tlili	Women's discus throw F41	—		37.91 WR
28		Women's shot put F41	—		10.55 WR
29	Samar Ben Koelleb	Women's discus throw F41	—		26.02	7
30		Women's shot put F41	—		9.18 PB	4
31	Fathia Amaimia	Women's discus throw F41	—		29.04 PB	4
32	Fadhila Nafati	Women's shot put F54	—		5.66	8
33	Dhouha Chelhi	Women's club throw F51	—		11.90	7
34	Bochra Rzouga	Women's discus throw F53	—		10.77	9

Table tennis

Main article: Table Tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One male competitor has been selected to compete in the Paralympics after winning in the African Para Table Tennis Championships in Alexandria. This will be the first time that Tunisia will be competing in table tennis at the Games.^[3][4]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Karim Gharsallah	Men's singles C11	Lucas Creange (FRA) L 0-3	Eduardo Martinez Cuesta (ESP) L 0-3	9

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Fathi Zwoukhi	Men's PTWC	1:05:44	8

See also

• Tunisia at the Paralympics
• Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | IPC".
2. Sport & NPC Entries by Event - Tunisia Archived 30 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
3. "African Championships 2019". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 21 July 2019.
4. Table Tennis - Men's Singles - Class 11 Schedule Archived 29 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine