Somaya Bousaid ( ar, , born 5 May 1980) is a Tunisian

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competing mainly in category T13 middle-distance events.

Career

She competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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where she won the gold medal in the T12 1500m and a bronze medal in the T12 800m. She returned to the Paralympics in

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winning the more bronze medals in the T13 1500m and the T12/13 800m. Somaya competed in the

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, UK where she won a silver medal in the T13 400m.

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* 1980 births Paralympic athletes for Tunisia Paralympic gold medalists for Tunisia Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Tunisia Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Tunisian female middle-distance runners Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Tunisian women 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian women 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-Paralympic-medalist-stub