Hassanine Sebei, ar, حسنين السباعي, (born 21 January 1984 in Tajerouine) is a

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who specialises in the

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. He was the 2010 African champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal at the

2004 African Championships in Athletics The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shun ...

. The following year he took gold medals at the

2005 Islamic Solidarity Games The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8–20 April 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes. Only men's events were included on ...

and the Pan Arab Championships, as well as bronze medals at both the

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and the African Race Walking Championships. He made his debut in the

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the following year and finished 57th overall. He missed out on the medals at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, taking fourth place in the event. Sebei took part in the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

and came in 24th place, the second best African performer. Coached by

Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula ( ar, حاتم غولة; born 7 June 1973 in Paris, France) is a Tunisian race walker. He won four consecutive African Championships in the 20 kilometres walk from 1996 to 2002. His foremost medal was a 20 km walk bronze at th ...

, he succeeded his tutor to the 20,000 m track walk title at the

2007 Pan Arab Games The 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes partici ...

in November. At the

2008 African Championships in Athletics The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was t ...

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he came in third place and he represented Tunisia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics later that year, where he was 34th in the 20 km walk. In 2009 he was fourth at the Mediterranean Games, had a top twenty finish at the

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and ended the year with a silver medal behind Hervé Davaux at the

. At the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup he had his best global finish by coming in eleventh place. He won his first continental title at the

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, setting a personal best and championship record of 1:20:36. He gave credit to his coach and fellow athlete Hatem Ghoula, saying: "He gives me a lot of advice and helps me a lot. He is an inspiration to me".Negash, Elshadai (2010-08-01)
Kenya captures five gold medals as African champs conclude in Nairobi - African champs, day 5
IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sebei, Hassanine 1984 births Living people Tunisian male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Tunisia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Tunisia African Games gold medalists for Tunisia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Tunisia Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Tunisia 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people