Athletes will compete in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo from Tuesday, August 24 to Sunday, September 5.
Tunisia will be participating with 26 athletes(14 women and 12 men). Tunisian athletes distinguished themselves at the last Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016.
Also for the first time in its history, Tunisia will compete in three disciplines: athletics, table tennis and triathlon.
Here are the 26 Tunisian athletes who will take part in the Tokyo Games :
- Karim Gharsallah: table tennis
- Fethi Zouinkhi: triathlon
- Walid Ktila (T34): 100 and 800m in a wheelchair
- Soumaya Bouassaid (T13): 400 and 1500m
- Mohamed Farhat Chida (T38): 400m and long jump
- Henia Aidi (F54): shot put
- Raouaa Tlili (F41): Discus and shot put
- Faouzi Rezig (F34): Javelin throw
- Rouay Jbebli (T12): 400 and 1500m
- Fadhila Naffati (T54): shot put
- Rima Abdelli (F40): Shot put
- Raja Jebali (F40): shot put
- Yosr Ben Jemaa (F34): javelin throw
- Fethia Amaimia (F41): discus throw
- Wajdi Bouqhili (T12): marathon
- Sonia Mansour (T38): 400m
- Bochra Rzougua (F53): Discus throw
- Yassine Guennichi (F36): Shot put
- Hatem Nasrallah (T12): marathon
- Samar Ben Kaalab (F41): discus and shot put
- Ahmed Ben Mosleh (F37): shot put
- Nourhène Belhaj (F40): discus and shot put
- Abdennacer Feydi (F32): hammer and shot put
- Achref Lahouel (T13): 1500m
- Dhouha Chelhi (F51): hammer throw
- Sawsen Ben Mbarek (F34): shot put and javelin throw.
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