The Olympic Games start this Friday, July 26 in Paris on Friday, July 26. The kick -off of the world’s largest sporting event, which will take place until August 11, will keep the whole planet in suspense. They will be 27 athletes to defend the colors of Tunisia with their hopes of medals.
Friday, the three shots will be given for the 33rd summer Olympics, which elected home in Paris, the French capital for a crazy fortnight. The Tunisians will be there with 27 athletes who will try to enter history by winning a medal.
As such, Tunisian sport has already inscribed its name in gold letters in the history of the Olympic Games by winning 15 medals (5 in gold, 3 in silver and 7 in bronze). Athletics size the lion’s share with 5 medals (2 in gold, 2 in silver and 1 in bronze), followed by swimming (3 in gold and 1 in bronze), taekwondo (1 in silver and 1 in bronze), boxing (2 in bronze), and finally fencing (1n bronze) and the struggle (1 in bronze).
In Paris, the hopes of medals are real in particular with the two taekwondoists Khalil Jendoubi, silver medalist in Tokyo, and Firas Gattoussi, bronze medalist at the World
2022. They will have the heavy task of making Ayoub Hafnaoui, gold medalist in Tokyo (400m freestyle)
Despite this absence, the Tunisian swimming will have a representative capable of carrying Tunisian hopes in the person of Ahmed Jaouadi or the athlete Mohamed Jhinaoui who will be aligned on the 3,000 m steeple.
The 27 Tunisian athletes at the Paris Olympics
Taekwondo
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (-58 kg)
Firas Gattoussi (-80 kg)
Ikram Dhaheri (-49kg)
Chayma Toumi (-57kg)
Struggle
Slimne Nasr (67kg)
Amine Guennichi (130kg)
Siwar Boucetta (62kg)
Zeineb Seghaier (-76kg
Athletics
Ahmed Jaziri (3,000 m steepleple)
Mohamed Amine Jhinaoui (3,000 m steeple)
Marwa Bouzayani (3,000 m steepleple)
Rowing
Mohamed Taieb
Khadija Krimi
Salma Dhaouadi
Canoe kayak
Ghaylene Khattali
Ahmed Slim Jemaï
Swimming
Ahmed Jaouadi (400 m, 400 m and 1,500 m nl), 10 km swim in free water
Jamila Boulakbèche (800 m freestyle)
Sportsman
OLFA Cherni (compact pistol)
Archery
Rehab El Walid (archery)
Fencing
Farès Farjani (saber)
Yasmine Daghfous (saber)
Tennis
Moez Chargui
Boxing
Khouloud Hlimi (-57 kg)
Weightlifting
Karem Ben Henia (73kg)
Judo
Sarra Mzoughi (+78kg)
Oumaima Bdioui (-48 kg)
