Maroua Brahmi
Tunisian Paralympic athlete
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Maroua Brahmi (Arabic: مروى براهمي, born September 19, 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32 throwing events. She was the 2016 Paralympic Champion in club throw category F32 and the F32 shot put.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | مروى براهمي |
| Born | Maroua Brahmi September 19, 1988 |
| Years active | 2009–2019 (Track and field F32) |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Disability | Cerebral palsy |
| F32 | |
| Club | Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Gafsa, TUN |
| Coached by | Mohammed Yahya |
Medal record | |
Career
Impaired with cerebral palsy, Brahmi took to sport in 2008,[1] she made her international debut in 2009,[1] her first major international competition was at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she won a gold medal in the F31/F32/F51 club throw,[2] she also came 11th in the F32/F34 shot put.[1]
Brahmi competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, UK. There she won a gold medal in Women's club throw F31/32/51 and a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F32/33/34.[3]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, on winning the gold medal in the club throw she broke the world record when throwing 24.15 meters,[4] she also finished 4th in the shot put.[1]
In the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she won gold again in the club throw[1] she actually only beat Algerian thrower Mounia Gasmi by 4 centimeters[5] and she followed that with the gold medal in the F32 shot put[6]
She also managed to win two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, firstly winning the F32 club throw in a new world record distance of 26.93 meters, and again beating Mounia Gasmi who had to settle for silver medal again,[7] then eight days later she won the F32 shot put throwing 5.76 meters[8] which was a new Paralympic record, her nearest opponent was over a meter behind.[9]
Athletics
- Women's Club Throw - F31/32/51
- Women's Shot Put - F32/33/34
- Women's Club throw F32
- Women's Shot put F32