Mounir Jelili ( ar, منير الجليلي; 11 June 1949 – 24 January 2023) was a Tunisian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. He was a member of the Tunisia men's national handball team. He was part of the team at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

playing one match and at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. On club level he played for Espérance ST in Tunis. Mounir Jelili was the older brother of handballer Mohamed Naceur Jelili who also competed for the Tunisian team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Jelili died on 24 January 2023, at the age of 73.

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1949 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Tunisian male handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Tunisia Place of birth missing {{Tunisia-handball-bio-stub