Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Tunisia at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code TUN
NPC Tunisian Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 31
Flag bearer Hania Aidi
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
7 6 6 19
Summer Paralympics appearances

Tunisia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Background

Tunisia finished the 2016 Games ranked third all time for total medals won by African countries, with 74 all time, of which 32 were gold, 28 silver and 14 bronze. They were ahead of fourth ranked Zimbabwe who had 23 gold, 26 silver and 20 bronze medals for a total of 69 medals. They were behind second ranked Egypt who had 143 total medals, 45 gold, 43 silver and 55 bronze. [1]

Tunisia also finished number one in terms of total medals won by an African country in Rio. They won 19 total medals. Their total number of gold medals, 7, put them second in Africa, behind Nigeria with 8.[2]

Medallists

Gold medallists

Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Paralympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Raoua Tlili Athletics Women's shot put - F41 9 September
 Gold Maroua Brahmi Athletics Women's Club Throw - F31/32 9 September
 Gold Soumaya Bousaid Athletics Women's 1500m - T13 10 September
 Gold Abbes Saidi Athletics Men's 1500m - T38 10 September
 Gold Walid Ktila Athletics Men's 100m - T34 12 September
 Gold Raoua Tlili Athletics Women's discus throw - F41 15 September
 Gold Maroua Brahmi Athletics Women's Shot Put - F32 17 September

Silver medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Samar Ben Koelleb Athletics Women's shot put - F41 9 September
 Silver Hania Aidi Athletics Women's shot put - F54 10 September
 Silver Najeh Chwaya Athletics Woman's 1500m- T13 10 September
 Silver Rima Abdelli Athletics Woman's Shot Put- F40 11 September
 Silver Hania Aidi Athletics Women's Javelin Throw - F53/54 13 September
 Silver Walid Ktila Athletics Men's 800m - T34 14 September

Bronze medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Fadhila Nafati Athletics Woman's Shot Put- F54 10 September
 Bronze Yassine Gharbi Athletics Men's 400m- T54 12 September
 Bronze Neda Bahi Athletics Women's 400m - T37 13 September
 Bronze Bilel Aloui Athletics Men's 5000m - T13 15 September
 Bronze Fathia Amaimia Athletics Women's discus throw - F41 15 September
 Bronze Smaali Bouaabid Athletics Men's Shot Put - F40 16 September

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All-Time Africa Paralympics Medal Table – CCTV Africa". newsvideo.su. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Nigeria are Africa's best at Paralympics | KweséSports.com". Kwese Sports. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
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