Hédi Teraoui
Tunisian race walker (born 1989)
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Hédi Teraoui (born 10 November 1989) is a Tunisian race walker who specialises in the 20 kilometres walk. He represented his country at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and competed twice at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.[1] He was the champion at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics and runner-up at the 2011 All-Africa Games.[2]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Tunisia | ||
| African Games | ||
 | 2011 Maputo | 20 km walk |
| African Championships | ||
 | 2012 Porto-Novo | 20 km walk |
His best of 19:51.36 minutes for the 5000 metres race walk indoors is the African record for the distance.[3] His personal best for the 20 km event is 1:23:25 hours.[1]
He won his first international medal at the 2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, taking the 10,000 m walk gold medal.[4] He competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics that same year and came seventh.[1]
Teraoui missed the 2015 season.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Arab Junior Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | 10,000 m walk | 42:49.22 |
| World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 7th | 10,000 m walk | 42:18.65 | |
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 11th | 20 km walk | 1:44:18 |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua City, Mexico | 61st | 20 km walk | 1:37:38 |
| African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 4th | 20 km walk | 1:23:25 | |
| 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:26:44 |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 33rd | 20 km walk | 1:29:48 | |
| Pan Arab Games | Doha, Qatar | 5th | 20 km walk | 1:45:54 | |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 71st | 20 km walk | 1:29:05 |
| African Championships | Porto-Novo, Benin | 1st | 20 km walk | ? |
