BEN ISMAIL Afef

Tunisia

Canoe Sprint

Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Double 500m TUN Tunisia	20

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Heat 1 #13	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Quarterfinal 1 #25	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

CANOE SPRINT

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	26
2012	London, GBR	29	23

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 Head to Head
2010	Singapore, SIN	16

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	DNS
2015	Milan, ITA	44	44	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	39	40	-

African Games

Year	Location	K2 200m	K2 500m
2019	Sale, MAR	2	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K2 500m
2021	1 x 6th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
6	2021	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Barnaul, RUS	DNS

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CANOE SLALOM

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 Obstacle
2010	Singapore, SIN	14

Legend
IP - In Progress, C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sport Studies

Languages spoken:

Arabic, French

Coach:

Khaled Houcine [national]; Abir Ben Ismail [national], TUN

Other sports:

She has represented Tunisia in canoe slalom and won gold in the women's K1 event at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Feb 2020)

Start:

She took up the sport in 2008 after practising swimming for eight years. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016; oxfitnesslab.com, 01 Jan 2016)

Reason:

"Because it is in the water." (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

Influence:

Her parents. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She has qualifications as a canoe and kayak coach and in physical education. She has worked as a trainer at a gym in Doha, Qatar. (oxfitnesslab.com, 01 Jan 2016; Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2019)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/afef_k

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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