Olfa Lafi (born 16 September 1986) is a Tunisian race walker.[1]

Olfa Lafi
Personal information
Born (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 37)
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Tunisia
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 20 km walk

Career edit

She first competed at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia where she won the bronze medal in the women's 10 kilometres walk event.[2]

In 2009 she competed in the African Race Walking Championships where she won the silver medal in the women's 20 kilometres walk.[3]

In 2011 she won the silver medal in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.

She won a medal at the Arab Athletics Championships in the women's 10 kilometres walk on several occasions: she won the gold medal in 2013 and the silver medal both in 2009 and in 2015.

Achievements edit

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Tunisia
2005 African Junior Athletics Championships Tunis and Radès, Tunisia 3rd 10 km walk 53:53.19
2009 African Race Walking Championships Radès, Tunisia 2nd 20 km walk 1:37:58.2
Arab Athletics Championships Damascus, Syria 2nd 10 km walk 49:45.6
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd 20 km walk 1:41.25
Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 2nd 10 km walk 50:07.49
2012 African Championships in Athletics Porto-Novo, Benin 2nd 20 km walk 1:46:17
2013 Arab Athletics Championships Damascus, Syria 1st 10 km walk 50:34
Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 5th 20 km walk 1:52:45
2014 African Championships in Athletics Marrakesh, Morocco 7th 20 km walk 1:51:32
2015 Arab Athletics Championships Isa Town, Bahrain 2nd 10 km walk 50:45.9

References edit

  1. ^ "Olfa Lafi". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  2. ^ "African Junior Championships 2005". 2011-10-23. Archived from the original on 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  3. ^ "2009 African Race Walking Championships". Africathle. October 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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