Mounira Nahdi ( ar, منيرة النهدي; born 15 January 1985 in

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. Nahdi qualified as a lone female taekwondo fighter for the Tunisian squad in the women's welterweight class (67 kg) at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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by placing second and granting a berth from the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

Cairo, Egypt Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

. She lost her opening match to neighboring Morocco's

Mouna Benabderrassoul Mouna Benabderrassoul (born May 12, 1984) is a Moroccan taekwondo athlete. She won the bronze medal in lightweight (-63 kg) at the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju City, South Korea. Benabderrassoul represented her country ...

with a score of 2–6. With her opponent falling behind Puerto Rico's

Ineabelle Díaz Ineabelle Díaz Santana (born January 4, 1974, in Río Piedras) is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. She picked up a total of ten medals in her career, including two from the World Taekwond ...

in the quarterfinals, Nahdi denied her chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage.

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* 1985 births Living people Tunisian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Tunisia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tunis 21st-century Tunisian women 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-taekwondo-bio-stub