Tunisia at the 2019 African Games

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Tunisia at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Tunisia.svg
Flag of Tunisia
IOC codeTUN
NOCTunisian Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors179 (97 men and 82 women) in 26 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
26
Silver
36
Bronze
35
Total
97
African Games appearances (overview)

Tunisia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Tunisia competed in all 26 sports held at the competition and they won 26 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 35 bronze medals. The country finished in 6th place in the medal table.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 2019 African Games

Tunisia competed in archery.[1]

Mohamed Hammed won the silver medal in the event.

, and Mohamed Hammed won the silver medal in the event.

Rihab El Walid won the silver medal in the event.

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games
Dorra Mahfoudhi (2015)

Abdessalem Ayouni won the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event. This was Ayouni's first medal at the African Games.[2] He previously competed in the 2015 African Games in the men's 1500 metres event where he finished in 6th place.

Dorra Mahfoudhi won the gold medal in the women's pole vault event.[2] Her result of 4.31m was also a new African Games record.

won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event.[2]

Mohamed Amine Touati won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.[2]

won the bronze medal in the women's heptathlon event.[2]

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games

Khouloud Hlimi Ep Moulahi won the gold medal in the women's lightweight (60kg) event.[3][4]

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 2019 African Games

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in canoeing and won three gold medals, six silver medals and six bronze medals.

Mohamed Mrabet won the gold medal in the men's K-1 1000 metres event and the silver medal in the men's K-1 200 metres event.

Mohamed Mrabet and won the silver medal in the men's K-2 1000 metres event and the bronze medal in the men's K-2 200 metres event.

Ghailene Khattali won the gold medals in both the men's C-1 200 metres and men's C-1 1000 metres events.

Ghailene Khattali and won the bronze medals in both the men's C-2 200 metres and men's C-2 1000 metres events.

Khaoula Sassi won the silver medals in the women's K-1 200 metres and K-1 500 metres events.

won the silver medal in the women's C-1 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the women's C-1 200 metres event.

and Nedra Trabelsi won the bronze medals in the women's C-2 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres events.

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2019 African Games

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in cycling.[5][6]

won the bronze medal in the men's cross-country mountain bike event.[5]

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 2019 African Games

Four equestrians represented Tunisia. They competed in the individual jumping event as well as the team jumping event and did not win any medals.

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 2019 African Games
Inès Boubakri (2014)

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in fencing and won three gold medals, five silver medals and two bronze medals.[7]

Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani won the silver medal in the men's individual foil event.

Mohamed Samandi won a bronze medal in the men's individual foil event.

Farès Ferjani won the gold medal in the men's individual sabre event.

won a bronze medal in the men's individual sabre event.

Inès Boubakri won the gold medal in the women's individual foil event.

Sarra Besbes won the gold medal in the women's individual épée event.

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2019 African Games

Four athletes represented Tunisia in gymnastics.[8] In total, two bronze medals were won.

won the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse event.

won the bronze medal in the women's vault event.

Handball[]

Main article: Handball at the 2019 African Games

Tunisia's women's national handball team competed in handball.[9][10] They were eliminated in the quarter finals by the women's team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Eleven athletes represented Tunisia in judo: , , Meriem Bjaoui, Nihel Cheikh Rouhou, Fraj Dhouibi, Faïcel Jaballah, Ghofran Khelifi, Nihel Landolsi, , Sarra Mzougui and .

Karate[]

Main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in karate and they won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal.[11]

won the gold medal in the men's Kumite -84kg event.

won a bronze medal in the men's Kumite -60kg event.

won the silver medal in the women's Kumite -61kg event.

won the gold medal in the women's Kumite +68kg event.

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2019 African Games

Four athletes competed in rowing: Nour El-Houda Ettaieb, Khadija Krimi, and Mohamed Taieb and in total they won three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals.

Ettaieb won the bronze medal in the event.

Krimi won the silver medals in the and events.

Krimi and Taieb also won the silver medal in the event.

Mansouri won the gold medal in the event and the bronze medal in the event.

Taieb won the gold medals in the and events.

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Three swimmers represented Tunisia, , and , and all three won at least one medal.[12]

Mohamed Mehdi Agili won one gold medal (in the men's 400 metre freestyle event) and three silver medals (in the men's 200 metre freestyle, men's 800 metre freestyle and men's 1500 metre freestyle events).

Wassim Elloumi won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event and Adnan Beji won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event.

In total they won one gold medal, three silver medals and two bronze medals and Tunisia finished in 5th place in the medal table.[13]

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2019 African Games

Tunisia competed in table tennis and both the men's team and women's team won bronze medals in the and events respectively.[14]

Adam Hmam and won a bronze medal in the event.[14]

Taekwondo[]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

Athletes representing Tunisia competed in Taekwondo and they won two gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals.

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 2019 African Games

In total, tennis players representing Tunisia won one gold medal and two bronze medals.

Aziz Dougaz won a bronze medal in the men's singles event.[15]

Dougaz and Skander Mansouri also won the gold medal in the men's doubles event.[15]

In the they won the bronze medal.[15]

Triathlon[]

Main article: Triathlon at the 2019 African Games

, , and competed in triathlon. They won the gold medal in the mixed relay event.[16]

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games

Tunisia competed in weightlifting.[9][17] In total, weightlifters representing Tunisia won four gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals and the country finished in 4th place in the weightlifting medal table.

Karem Ben Hnia won all three gold medals in the Men's 73 kg event.[17] He also set a new African Games record of 153 kg in the Men's 73 kg Snatch event.

won the silver medal in the Men's 61 kg Snatch event.[17]

Ramzi Bahloul won the silver medal in the Men's 81 kg Snatch event.[17]

Aymen Bacha won the gold medal in the Men's 109 kg Snatch event, the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk and the silver medal in Total.[17]

won the silver medal in the Women's 49 kg Snatch event.[17]

Chaima Rahmouni won all three bronze medals in the Women's 59 kg event.[17]

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 2019 African Games

Marwa Amri was scheduled to compete in wrestling but ultimately did not compete.[9] In total wrestlers representing Tunisia won one gold medal, four silver medals and four bronze medals.[18]

Ayoub Barraj won the gold medal in the event.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Khouloud Hlimi Ep Moulahi - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Mountain Bike Cycling Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Road Cycling Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. ^ "The 12th African Games 2019 : Results of the draw". Confédération Africaine de HandBall. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Swimming - Medal Count". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Table tennis results book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  15. ^ a b c "Mohamed Aziz Dougaz - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Mixed Team Relay Competition - Results". 2019 African Games Results. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". IWF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  18. ^ a b "2019 African Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 24 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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