Faouzi Rzig (born 9 July 1982) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

athlete from

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competing mainly in category F35 javelin events. Fauzi finished fourth in the F35 javelin in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ...

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, but four years later in

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he left with the gold medal from the combined F33/34/52 class javelin.

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* 1982 births Living people Tunisian male javelin throwers Paralympic athletes of Tunisia Paralympic gold medalists for Tunisia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-Paralympic-medalist-stub