Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Tunisia at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeTUN
NPCTunisian Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors31
Flag bearer Hania Aidi
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Background

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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]

Medalists

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Gold medalists

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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 1500 m T13 10 September
  Gold Abbes Saidi Athletics Men's 1500 m T38 10 September
  Gold Walid Ktila Athletics Men's 100 m 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 medalists

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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 Najah Chouaya Athletics Woman's 1500 m 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 800 metres T34 14 September

Bronze medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Bronze Fadhila Nafati Athletics Woman's shot put F54 10 September
  Bronze Yassine Gharbi Athletics Men's 400 m T54 12 September
  Bronze Neda Bahi Athletics Women's 400 m T37 13 September
  Bronze Bilel Aloui Athletics Men's 5000 m 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

Athletics

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Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Walid Ktila 100 m 15.44 1 Q 15.14  
800 m 1:46.28 1 Q 1:40.31  

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.