Hédi Teraoui (born 10 November 1989) is a

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racewalker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

who specialises in the

20 kilometres walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

. He represented his country at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

and competed twice at the

IAAF World Race Walking Cup The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. ...

.Hedi Teraoui
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09. He was the champion at the

2012 African Championships in Athletics The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participatin ...

and runner-up at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

. His best of 19:51.36 minutes for the

5000 metres race walk The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athle ...

indoors is the African record for the distance. His personal best for the 20 km event is 1:23:25 hours. He won his first international medal at the 2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, taking the 10,000 m walk gold medal.Arab Junior Championships
IAAF (2008-06-24). Retrieved on 2016-07-09. He competed at the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted t ...

that same year and came seventh. Teraoui missed the 2015 season.

International competitions

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teraoui, Hedi Living people 1989 births Tunisian male racewalkers World Athletics Championships athletes for Tunisia African Games silver medalists for Tunisia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Tunisia 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people

International competitions

See also

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