Issam Tej (born 29 July 1979) is a former Tunisian/Qatari handball player for

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and the

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. He competed at the

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in Sydney. He also competed for the Tunisian national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where the Tunisian team reached the quarterfinals.

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1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Tunis Tunisian male handball players Olympic handball players for Tunisia Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Montpellier Handball players {{Tunisia-handball-bio-stub