Rima Abdelli (born 24 February 1988 in Madanin)[1][2] is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature and she competes in F40-classification events.[3] She represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[3][4][5] In 2019, she qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Rima Abdelli
Personal information
Born24 February 1988 (1988-02-24) (age 36)
Madanin, Tunisia
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityShort stature
Disability classF40
EventShot put
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F40
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London Shot put F40
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha Shot put F40

At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[5] Two years later, at the 2017 World Championships held in London, United Kingdom, she set a new personal best of 7.57m in the same event and she won the gold medal.[5] At the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she finished in 4th place in this event with a distance of 7.79m.[6][7] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she placed fifth in the women's shot put F40 event.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics - ABDELLI Rima". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Paralympic - ABDELLI Rima - Athletics - Tunisia". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Rima Abdelli". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's Shot Put - F40 Schedule & Results – Paralympic Athletics". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "London 2017: Dimitrijevic breaks club throw world record". paralympic.org. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put F40 – Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's shot put F40" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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