Mounira Nahdi (; born 15 January 1985 in

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) is a Tunisian

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practitioner, who competed in the women's welterweight category. Nahdi qualified as a lone female taekwondo fighter for the Tunisian squad in the women's welterweight class (67 kg) at the

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by placing second and granting a berth from the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. She lost her opening match to neighboring Morocco's Mouna Benabderrassoul with a score of 2–6. With her opponent falling behind Puerto Rico's

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in the quarterfinals, Nahdi denied her chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage.

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* 1985 births Living people Tunisian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Tunisia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Tunis 21st-century Tunisian sportswomen {{Tunisia-taekwondo-bio-stub