Maroua Mathlouthi
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TunisiaTunis, Tunisia
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| Full name | Maroua Mathlouthi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1988 Tunis, Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Amiens Metropole Natation (FRA)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Southern Methodist University (U.S.)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maroua Mathlouthi (born August 22, 1988 in Tunis) is a Tunisian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. She is a multiple-time Pan Arab Games champion, and a two-time gold medalist for her respective categories (800 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley) at the 2006 African Swimming Championships in Dakar, Senegal.[2][3] Mathlouthi had won a total of four medals, including three silver for the women's freestyle (200, 400, and 1500 m) at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4][5]
Mathlouthi was slated to compete in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but withdrew from the competition for personal and health reasons.[6][7]
Mathlouthi also served as a varsity swimmer of the SMU Mustangs at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a member of Amiens Metropole Natation in Amiens, France.[1] She is also the sister of Ahmed Mathlouthi, who competed in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[8]
