BEN CHAABANE Amira

Date of Birth: 29 May 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Place of birth: TUNIS

Birth Country:

Tunisia

Place of residence : TUNIS

Residence Country:

Tunisia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Women's Sabre Individual	28
	Women's Sabre Team TUN Tunisia	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Blue Piste	Women's Sabre Individual Table of 32 #36 TUN BEN CHAABANE ABEN CHAABANE Amira 12 HUN PUSZTAI LPUSZTAI Liza 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Blue Piste	Women's Sabre Team Table of 16 #2 TUN Tunisia 29 JPN Japan 45	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Sabre Individual
2012	London, GBR	22

World Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	116	20
2015	Moscow, RUS	92	20
2014	Kazan, RUS	50	-
2010	Paris, FRA	78	9
2009	Antalya, TUR	54	16

African Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Bamako, MLI	1	1
2018	Tunis, TUN	5	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2020/2021	-	1 x 16th
2019/2020	1 x 41st	1 x 16th, 2 x 19th
2018/2019	-	1 x 15th
2017/2018	-	1 x 17th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
15	2018/2019	Sabre Team	World Cup	Tunis, TUN
16	2020/2021	Sabre Team	World Cup	Budapest, HUN
16	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
17	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Tunis, TUN
19	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
19	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Orleans, FRA
41	2019/2020	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Orleans, FRA

Travelling, shopping. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Engineer

Computer Engineering

Husband Mohamed Yessine Rhouma, son Elyes

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, French

Women's Sports Association of Tunis [Tunisia]

Right (FIE, 17 Jan 2012)

Sporting relatives:

She is related to Tunisian sabre fencer Iheb Ben Chaabane, who won multiple medals at the African championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Jul 2021; Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

She began fencing at age nine in Tunis, Tunisia. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

She was encouraged to try the sport by her family. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Winning gold in individual sabre at the 2019 African Championships in Bamako, Mali. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Hungarian sabre fencer Aron Szilagyi. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

US sabre fencer Mariel Zagunis. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
DOCUMENTARY FILM
She was the subject of a short documentary called, 'My Mother is an African Champion' following her gold medal at the 2019 African Championships in Bamako, Mali. The film focuses on how she combines her athletic career with her responsibilities as a mother and her professional career as a software engineer. (Gorilla Prod YouTube channel, 20 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/amirabenchaaben2/
https://instagram.com/amirra90/

Legend

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

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