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made its Paralympic Games debut at the

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. It was represented by a single athlete, Monaam Elabed, who won two bronze medals in athletics. The country has competed in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, although it has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics. Tunisian competitors have only ever taken part in athletics events, with the sole exception of Dalila Tabai who competed in powerlifting in 2000.Tunisia at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee Tunisians have won a total of 23 gold medals, 22 silver and 9 bronze. The country's first gold medals came in 2000, when Wissam Ben Bahri took gold in the high jump, Ali Ghribi in the pentathlon, Fares Hamdi in the long jump, and Maher Bouallegue won three gold medals in running - in the 800 m, 1,500 m and 5,000 m races, in the T13 category for partially sighted athletes. In 2004, Bouallegue won three gold again - in the 1,500 m 5,000 m and 10,000 m events. The same year, Enna Ben Abidi took gold in the discus; Mohamed Charmi in the 1,500 m race in the T37 category; and

Afrah Gomdi Afrah Gomdi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 throwing events. Afrah competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) ...

in both javelin and shot put. Tunisia also won gold in the men's 4x400 m race, in the T35-38 category. Most recently, in 2008,

Somaya Bousaid Somaya Bousaid ( ar, , born 5 May 1980) is a Tunisian Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T13 middle-distance events. Career She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she won the gold medal ...

won the 800 m and 1,500 m races in the T13 category, while

Farhat Chida Mohamed Farhat Chida ( ar, محمد فرحات شيدة; born September 11, 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category T38 sprint events. Biographies Between 1990 and 1997, Mohamed competed in able bodied athletics a ...

took gold in both the 400 m race (T38) and in the long jump. Mourad Idoudi won the club throw and discus (F32/51);

Faouzi Rzig Faouzi Rzig (born 9 July 1982) is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F35 javelin events. Fauzi finished fourth in the F35 javelin in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, but four years later in Beijing } Bei ...

the javelin (F33/34/52);

Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili ( ar, روعة التليلي; born October 5, 1989) is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F41 shot put and discus events and is a multi gold medalist at the Paralympics. Career Tlili made her senior ...

the shot put (F40); and

Abderrahim Zhiou Abderrahim Zhiou ( ar, عبد الرحيم زهيو, born September 26, 1985) is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category T12 middle distance events. He is a six-time Paralympiclympic medalist, is an African record holder, ...

the 800 m (T12). Tunisia participated at the 1999

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, held in

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. Tunisia won twelve gold medals, eight silver medals, and two bronze medals at the event. They finished fifth out of sixteen nations that competed at the games. Tunisia will be taking part in the

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, and the

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