Tunisia At The 2019 African Games
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2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...
held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in
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, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Tunisia competed in all 26 sports held at the competition and they won 26 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 35 bronze medals. The country finished in 6th place in the medal table.


Medal summary


Medal table

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Archery

Tunisia competed in archery.
Mohamed Hammed Mohamed Hammed (born 23 September 1987) is a Tunisian archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's recurve event at the African Games The African Games, formal ...
won the silver medal in the men's individual event. Sabeur Ben Brahim, Nabil Benromdhan and Mohamed Hammed won the silver medal in the men's team event. Rihab El Walid won the silver medal in the women's individual event.


Athletics

Abdessalem Ayouni Abdessalem Ayouni "Slouma" (born 16 May 1994) is a Tunisian middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships. With the personal bests of 1.44.99 he is the national record holder in the 800 metr ...
won the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event. This was Ayouni's first medal at the African Games. He previously competed in the
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in the men's 1500 metres event where he finished in 6th place. Dorra Mahfoudhi won the gold medal in the women's pole vault event. Her result of 4.31m was also a new African Games record. Mejdi Chehata won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event.
Mohamed Amine Touati Mohamed Amine Touati ( ar, محمد أمين تواتي, born 9 September 1998) is a Tunisian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , ...
won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event. Nada Charoudi won the bronze medal in the women's heptathlon event.


Boxing

Khouloud Hlimi Ep Moulahi won the gold medal in the women's lightweight (60kg) event.


Canoeing

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in canoeing and won three gold medals, six silver medals and six bronze medals.
Mohamed Mrabet Mohammed Mrabet (real name ''Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajam''; born March 8, 1936) is a Moroccan author, artist and storyteller of the Ait Ouriaghel tribe in the Rif region. Mrabet, mostly known in the West through his association with Paul Bowle ...
won the gold medal in the men's K-1 1000 metres event and the silver medal in the men's K-1 200 metres event. Mohamed Mrabet and Outail Khatali won the silver medal in the men's K-2 1000 metres event and the bronze medal in the men's K-2 200 metres event.
Ghailene Khattali Ghailene Khattali (born 17 June 2000) is a Tunisian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 2019 African Games and he won the gold medals in the C-1 200 metres and C-1 1000 metres events. He also won the bronze medals in the C-2 200 metres and C-2 ...
won the gold medals in both the men's C-1 200 metres and men's C-1 1000 metres events.
Ghailene Khattali Ghailene Khattali (born 17 June 2000) is a Tunisian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 2019 African Games and he won the gold medals in the C-1 200 metres and C-1 1000 metres events. He also won the bronze medals in the C-2 200 metres and C-2 ...
and Mohamed Kendaoui won the bronze medals in both the men's C-2 200 metres and men's C-2 1000 metres events.
Khaoula Sassi Khaoula Sassi (born 15 March 1998) is a Tunisian canoeist. She competed in the women's K-1 200 metres and the K-2 500 metres events at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport ...
won the silver medals in the women's K-1 200 metres and K-1 500 metres events. Nedra Trabelsi won the silver medal in the women's C-1 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the women's C-1 200 metres event. Ghada Belhaj and Nedra Trabelsi won the bronze medals in the women's C-2 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres events.


Cycling

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in cycling. Maher Habouria won the bronze medal in the men's cross-country mountain bike event.


Equestrian

Four equestrians represented Tunisia. They competed in the individual jumping event as well as the team jumping event and did not win any medals.


Fencing

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in fencing and won three gold medals, five silver medals and two bronze medals. Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani won the silver medal in the men's individual foil event. Mohamed Samandi won a bronze medal in the men's individual foil event.
Farès Ferjani Farès Ferjani (born 22 July 1997) is a Tunisian fencer. He competed in the men's sabre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for St. John’s University. He qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , o ...
won the gold medal in the men's individual sabre event. Ahmed Ferjani won a bronze medal in the men's individual sabre event.
Inès Boubakri Inès Boubakri ( ar, إيناس بوبكري; born 28 December 1988) is a Tunisian foil fencer. She is a four-time Olympian, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and is a member of Association sportive de Bourg-la-Reine in France, ...
won the gold medal in the women's individual foil event.
Sarra Besbes Sarra Besbes ( ar, سارة بسباس; born 5 February 1989) is a Tunisian épée fencer, seven-time gold medallist at the African Fencing Championships. She represented Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, placing eighth, and at the 2 ...
won the gold medal in the women's individual épée event.


Gymnastics

Four athletes represented Tunisia in gymnastics. In total, two bronze medals were won. Wissem Harzi won the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse event. Chahed Sakr won the bronze medal in the women's vault event.


Handball

Tunisia's women's national handball team competed in handball. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the
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of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Judo

Eleven athletes represented Tunisia in judo: Oumaima Bedioui,
Abdelaziz Ben Ammar Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عبد العزيز, DMG: ''ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz''), frequently also transliterated Abdul-Aziz, is a male Arabic Muslim given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the words '' ʽAbd'', the Arabic definite article an ...
, Meriem Bjaoui,
Nihel Cheikh Rouhou Nihel Cheikh Rouhou ( Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá ...
, Fraj Dhouibi, Faïcel Jaballah, Ghofran Khelifi, Nihel Landolsi, Monaam Mejri,
Sarra Mzougui Sarra Mzougui (born 8 March 1994) is a Tunisian judoka. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Judo Championships held in Oran, Algeria. She is also a four-time medalist, including gold, at the African Games. Mzougui won one o ...
and
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.


Karate

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in karate and they won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal.
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won the gold medal in the men's Kumite -84kg event. Nader Azzouzi won a bronze medal in the men's Kumite -60kg event. Bouthaina Hasnaoui Ep Lomonaco won the silver medal in the women's Kumite -61kg event.
Chehinez Jemi Chehinez Jemi (born 29 April 1997) is a Tunisian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. Career She won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championshi ...
won the gold medal in the women's Kumite +68kg event.


Rowing

Four athletes competed in rowing:
Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Nour El-Houda Ettaieb (born 15 October 1996) is a Tunisian rower. She and Khadija Krimi placed 20th in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...
,
Khadija Krimi Khadija Krimi (born August 18, 1995) is a Tunisian rower. She and Nour El-Houda Ettaieb placed 20th in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...
, Mohamed Khalil Mansouri and Mohamed Taieb and in total they won three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals. Ettaieb won the bronze medal in the women's single sculls 1000 metres event. Krimi won the silver medals in the women's lightweight single sculls 500 metres and women's lightweight single sculls 1000 metres events. Krimi and Taieb also won the silver medal in the relay 2 × 500 metres single sculls event. Mansouri won the gold medal in the men's lightweight single sculls 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the men's lightweight single sculls 1000 metres event. Taieb won the gold medals in the men's single sculls 500 metres and men's single sculls 1000 metres events.


Swimming

Three swimmers represented Tunisia, Mohamed Mehdi Agili, Adnan Beji and Wassim Elloumi, and all three won at least one medal. Mohamed Mehdi Agili won one gold medal (in the men's 400 metre freestyle event) and three silver medals (in the men's 200 metre freestyle, men's 800 metre freestyle and men's 1500 metre freestyle events). Wassim Elloumi won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event and Adnan Beji won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event. In total they won one gold medal, three silver medals and two bronze medals and Tunisia finished in 5th place in the medal table.


Table tennis

Tunisia competed in table tennis and both the men's team and women's team won bronze medals in the men's team and
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events respectively. Adam Hmam and Thameur Mamia won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event.


Taekwondo

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in Taekwondo and they won two gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals.


Tennis

In total, tennis players representing Tunisia won one gold medal and two bronze medals.
Aziz Dougaz Mohamed Aziz Dougaz ( ar, محمد عزيز دوقاز; born 26 March 1997) is a Tunisian tennis player. Dougaz has a career high ATP singles ranking of 236 achieved on 17 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 261 achie ...
won a bronze medal in the men's singles event. Dougaz and
Skander Mansouri Skander Mansouri (born 23 July 1995) is a Tunisian tennis player. Mansouri has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 238 achieved on 12 December 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 187 achieved on 17 July ...
also won the gold medal in the men's doubles event. In the men's team event they won the bronze medal.


Triathlon

Syrine Fattoum, Ons Lajili, Mohamed Aziz Sebai and Seifeddine Selmi competed in triathlon. They won the gold medal in the mixed relay event.


Weightlifting

Tunisia competed in weightlifting. In total, weightlifters representing Tunisia won four gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals and the country finished in 4th place in the weightlifting medal table.
Karem Ben Hnia Karem Ben Hnia (born 13 November 1994) is a Tunisian Olympic weightlifter from the city of Moknine. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...
won all three gold medals in the Men's 73 kg event. He also set a new African Games record of 153 kg in the Men's 73 kg Snatch event. Amine Bouhijbha won the silver medal in the Men's 61 kg Snatch event.
Ramzi Bahloul Ramzi Bahloul (born 18 October 1989) is a Tunisian weightlifter. He represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 81 kg event. At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, he ...
won the silver medal in the Men's 81 kg Snatch event. Aymen Bacha won the gold medal in the Men's 109 kg Snatch event, the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk and the silver medal in Total. Zohra Chihi won the silver medal in the Women's 49 kg Snatch event.
Chaima Rahmouni Chaima Rahmouni (born 25 March 2001) is a Tunisian weightlifter. She represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the bronze medal in the women's 59kg event. In 2020, she won the bronze medal in the women's ...
won all three bronze medals in the Women's 59 kg event.


Wrestling

Marwa Amri Marwa Al-Amri ( ar, مروى العامري, born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. ...
was scheduled to compete in wrestling but ultimately did not compete. In total wrestlers representing Tunisia won one gold medal, four silver medals and four bronze medals.
Ayoub Barraj Ayoub Barraj (born 27 May 1997) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. At the African Wrestling Championships he won a total of four medals: three gold medals and one bronze medal. Career He represented Tunisia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in ...
won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg event.


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