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Tunisia - Profile
General Interest
At the 2016 Olympic Games, Tunisia won three medals, equalling its previous best total haul achieved in London in 2012. The NOC's bronze medals in Rio were won by Oussama Oueslati in the men's taekwondo welterweight competition, freestyle wrestler Maroua Amri in the women's 58kg category and fencer Ines Boubakri in the women's individual foil event. All three athletes claimed the NOC's first medal in their respective sports.
Tunisia's early Olympic history is dominated by one man, Mohamed Gammoudi. Although he was not a part of the NOC's first Olympic team which competed at the 1960 Games in Rome, his appearance on the Olympic scene at the 1964 Games brought immediate success.
Gammoudi ran to a silver in the men's 10,000m in Tokyo and managed a bronze in the same event four years later. But it was his gold medal in the 5000m at the 1968 Games, his NOC's first, that sealed his place in Tunisian sporting history. At the 1972 Games, he took silver over 5000m, in a much faster time than he ran four years earlier, but not fast enough to beat Finnish legend Lasse Viren.
Between Gammoudi's time as Tunisia's Olympic standard-bearer, and the rise of the next, Oussama Mellouli, there were some lean years for the North African nation. Between 1972 and 2008 only Fethi Missaoui won a medal for Tunisia, a bronze in men's light welterweight boxing in 1996.
Swimmer Mellouli made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Games. He reached the final of the 400m individual medley at the 2004 Athens Games before winning the 1500m freestyle on his third Olympic appearance in 2008. He failed to defend the 1500m title in London, finishing third, but did claim his second Olympic title with victory in the 10km open water event. In his fifth Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, he competed in the 1500m freestyle and the 10km open water event.
At the 2012 London Games, Habiba Ghribi became the first female Tunisian athlete to win an Olympic medal when she finished second in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Her result was later upgraded to gold after Russia's Yulia Zaripova was stripped of her medal for a doping violation. Ghribi was officially presented with the gold medal at a ceremony in June 2016.
Tunisia's early Olympic history is dominated by one man, Mohamed Gammoudi. Although he was not a part of the NOC's first Olympic team which competed at the 1960 Games in Rome, his appearance on the Olympic scene at the 1964 Games brought immediate success.
Gammoudi ran to a silver in the men's 10,000m in Tokyo and managed a bronze in the same event four years later. But it was his gold medal in the 5000m at the 1968 Games, his NOC's first, that sealed his place in Tunisian sporting history. At the 1972 Games, he took silver over 5000m, in a much faster time than he ran four years earlier, but not fast enough to beat Finnish legend Lasse Viren.
Between Gammoudi's time as Tunisia's Olympic standard-bearer, and the rise of the next, Oussama Mellouli, there were some lean years for the North African nation. Between 1972 and 2008 only Fethi Missaoui won a medal for Tunisia, a bronze in men's light welterweight boxing in 1996.
Swimmer Mellouli made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Games. He reached the final of the 400m individual medley at the 2004 Athens Games before winning the 1500m freestyle on his third Olympic appearance in 2008. He failed to defend the 1500m title in London, finishing third, but did claim his second Olympic title with victory in the 10km open water event. In his fifth Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, he competed in the 1500m freestyle and the 10km open water event.
At the 2012 London Games, Habiba Ghribi became the first female Tunisian athlete to win an Olympic medal when she finished second in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Her result was later upgraded to gold after Russia's Yulia Zaripova was stripped of her medal for a doping violation. Ghribi was officially presented with the gold medal at a ceremony in June 2016.
Anthem
Humat Al Hima [Defenders of the Homeland]
Words by Mustafa Sadik Al-Rafii and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi. Music by Mohamad Abdel Wahab.
1987
Flagbearers
Membership
Comite National Olympique Tunisien
1957
1957
Officials
Mehrez Boussayene
Skander Hachicha
Participation
1960
15 [Tokyo 2020 included]
Medals per sport
Medals per year
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marathon Swimming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling - Freestyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
Medals per year
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
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