Mohamed Zemzemi ( ar, محمد الزمزمي; born July 3, 1991) 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
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
from
Tunisia
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competing mainly in
category F51.
Achievements
He competed in the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
in London, UK. There he won two bronze medals in the men's
discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
F51–53 event.
In
2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, ...
in
Lyon
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, Mohamed Zemzemi won a silver medal in
Men's discus throw F51/52/53 event.
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, tunilympics.com
See also
* Tunisia at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Tunisia participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. She participated with 12 athletes—6 men and 6 women—and she finished the competition in the 10th rank, with 15 medals: 8 gold, 6 silver, and 1 bronze.
* Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Tunisia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988. The Tunisian Paralympic Committee sent a total of 31 athl ...
* Tunisia at the Paralympics
Tunisia made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. It was represented by a single athlete, Monaam Elabed, who won two bronze medals in athletics. The country has competed in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paral ...
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Tunisian male discus throwers
Paralympic athletes for Tunisia
Paralympic bronze medalists for Tunisia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)