Maroua Brahmi ( ar, مروى براهمي, born September 19, 1988) is a

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athlete from

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competing mainly in category F32 throwing events. She was the 2016 Paralympic Champion in

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category F32 and the F32 shot put.

Career

Impaired with

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, Brahmi took to sport in 2008, she made her international debut in 2009, her first major international competition was at the

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held in

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, where she won a gold medal in the F31/F32/F51

, she also came 11th in the F32/F34 shot put. Brahmi competed in the

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, UK. There she won a gold medal in Women's club throw F31/32/51 and a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F32/33/34. At the

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, on winning the gold medal in the

she broke the world record when throwing 24.15 meters, she also finished 4th in the shot put. In the

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, she won gold again in the

she actually only beat

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n thrower Mounia Gasmi by 4 centimeters and she followed that with the gold medal in the F32 shot put She also managed to win two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, firstly winning the F32

in a new world record distance of 26.93 meters, and again beating Mounia Gasmi who had to settle for silver medal again, then eight days later she won the F32 shot put throwing 5.76 meters which was a new Paralympic record, her nearest opponent was over a meter behind.

Athletics

* Women's Club Throw - F31/32/51 * Women's Shot Put - F32/33/34 * Women's Club throw F32 * Women's Shot put F32

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brahmi, Maroua Paralympic athletes for Tunisia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Tunisia Paralympic silver medalists for Tunisia Paralympic bronze medalists for Tunisia Living people 1988 births World record holders in para-athletics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Tunisian female shot putters Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Tunisian women Female club throwers