Raoua Tlili ( ar, روعة التليلي; born October 5, 1989) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F41

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and discus events and is a multi gold medalist at the

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Career

Tlili made her senior international debut back in 2006, she competed in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, there she won a gold medal in the women's

F40 event throwing a new world record of 8.95 meters and also a silver medal in the women's discus throw F40 event. Four years later she competed in the

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, UK. She matched her medal tally from Beijing, again winning the gold medal in the F40 shot put in another world record distance of 9.86 meters, she also backed that up with another silver medal in the F40 discus event. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

she managed to win gold medals in both here events, firstly she won in the F41 shot put throwing a distance of 10.19 meters winning by 1.80 meters, then six days later she throw a new world record distance of 33.38 meters to win the F40/F41 discus gold medal. In between the Summer Olympics her success continued at the

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, with gold medals in the F40/F41 shot put in 2011 and 2015, and in the F40/F41 discus she won gold in 2013 and 2015 with a silver medal in 2011. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F41 event at the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 15 November 2019 ...

IPC Records

As of October 2016, Tlili is the owner of IPC world records of 33.38 meters in the discus category F41, which is also the Paralympic record, and she is also the Paralympic record holder in the F41 shot put with 10.19, she also holds the IPC Athletics World Championships records in shot put and discus, she set them both at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

Events

* Women's Shot Put - F41 * Women's Discus Throw - F41

References

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