Tunisia at the 2019 African Games

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Competitors179 (97 men and 82 women) in 26 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
26
Silver
36
Bronze
35
Total
97
Tunisia at the
2019 African Games
IOC codeTUN
NOCTunisian Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors179 (97 men and 82 women) in 26 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
26
Silver
36
Bronze
35
Total
97
African Games appearances (overview)

Tunisia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Tunisia competed in all 26 sports held at the competition and they won 26 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 35 bronze medals. The country finished in 6th place in the medal table.

Medal table

Archery

Tunisia competed in archery.[1]

Mohamed Hammed won the silver medal in the men's individual event.

Sabeur Ben Brahim, Nabil Benromdhan and Mohamed Hammed won the silver medal in the men's team event.

Rihab El Walid won the silver medal in the women's individual event.

Athletics

Dorra Mahfoudhi (2015)

Abdessalem Ayouni won the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event. This was Ayouni's first medal at the African Games.[2] He previously competed in the 2015 African Games in the men's 1500 metres event where he finished in 6th place.

Dorra Mahfoudhi won the gold medal in the women's pole vault event.[2] Her result of 4.31m was also a new African Games record.

Mejdi Chehata won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event.[2]

Mohamed Amine Touati won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.[2]

Nada Charoudi won the bronze medal in the women's heptathlon event.[2]

Boxing

Khouloud Hlimi Ep Moulahi won the gold medal in the women's lightweight (60kg) event.[3][4]

Canoeing

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in canoeing and won three gold medals, six silver medals and six bronze medals.

Mohamed Mrabet won the gold medal in the men's K-1 1000 metres event and the silver medal in the men's K-1 200 metres event.

Mohamed Mrabet and Outail Khatali won the silver medal in the men's K-2 1000 metres event and the bronze medal in the men's K-2 200 metres event.

Ghailene Khattali won the gold medals in both the men's C-1 200 metres and men's C-1 1000 metres events.

Ghailene Khattali and Mohamed Kendaoui won the bronze medals in both the men's C-2 200 metres and men's C-2 1000 metres events.

Khaoula Sassi won the silver medals in the women's K-1 200 metres and K-1 500 metres events.

Nedra Trabelsi won the silver medal in the women's C-1 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the women's C-1 200 metres event.

Ghada Belhaj and Nedra Trabelsi won the bronze medals in the women's C-2 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres events.

Cycling

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in cycling.[5][6]

Maher Habouria won the bronze medal in the men's cross-country mountain bike event.[5]

Equestrian

Four equestrians represented Tunisia. They competed in the individual jumping event as well as the team jumping event and did not win any medals.

Fencing

Inès Boubakri (2014)

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in fencing and won three gold medals, five silver medals and two bronze medals.[7]

Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani won the silver medal in the men's individual foil event.

Mohamed Samandi won a bronze medal in the men's individual foil event.

Farès Ferjani won the gold medal in the men's individual sabre event.

Ahmed Ferjani won a bronze medal in the men's individual sabre event.

Inès Boubakri won the gold medal in the women's individual foil event.

Sarra Besbes won the gold medal in the women's individual épée event.

Gymnastics

Four athletes represented Tunisia in gymnastics.[8] In total, two bronze medals were won.

Wissem Harzi won the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse event.

Chahed Sakr won the bronze medal in the women's vault event.

Handball

Judo

Karate

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in karate and they won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal.[11]

Thamer Slimani won the gold medal in the men's Kumite -84kg event.

Nader Azzouzi won a bronze medal in the men's Kumite -60kg event.

Bouthaina Hasnaoui Ep Lomonaco won the silver medal in the women's Kumite -61kg event.

Chehinez Jemi won the gold medal in the women's Kumite +68kg event.

Rowing

Four athletes competed in rowing: Nour El-Houda Ettaieb, Khadija Krimi, Mohamed Khalil Mansouri and Mohamed Taieb and in total they won three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals.

Ettaieb won the bronze medal in the women's single sculls 1000 metres event.

Krimi won the silver medals in the women's lightweight single sculls 500 metres and women's lightweight single sculls 1000 metres events.

Krimi and Taieb also won the silver medal in the relay 2 × 500 metres single sculls event.

Mansouri won the gold medal in the men's lightweight single sculls 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the men's lightweight single sculls 1000 metres event.

Taieb won the gold medals in the men's single sculls 500 metres and men's single sculls 1000 metres events.

Swimming

Three swimmers represented Tunisia, Mohamed Mehdi Agili, Adnan Beji and Wassim Elloumi, and all three won at least one medal.[12]

Mohamed Mehdi Agili won one gold medal (in the men's 400 metre freestyle event) and three silver medals (in the men's 200 metre freestyle, men's 800 metre freestyle and men's 1500 metre freestyle events).

Wassim Elloumi won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event and Adnan Beji won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event.

In total they won one gold medal, three silver medals and two bronze medals and Tunisia finished in 5th place in the medal table.[13]

Table tennis

Tunisia competed in table tennis and both the men's team and women's team won bronze medals in the men's team and women's team events respectively.[14]

Adam Hmam and Thameur Mamia won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event.[14]

Taekwondo

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in Taekwondo and they won two gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals.

Tennis

In total, tennis players representing Tunisia won one gold medal and two bronze medals.

Aziz Dougaz won a bronze medal in the men's singles event.[15]

Dougaz and Skander Mansouri also won the gold medal in the men's doubles event.[15]

In the men's team event they won the bronze medal.[15]

Triathlon

Syrine Fattoum, Ons Lajili, Mohamed Aziz Sebai and Seifeddine Selmi competed in triathlon. They won the gold medal in the mixed relay event.[16]

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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