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Native name | مروى براهمي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Maroua Brahmi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gafsa, Tunisia | September 19, 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2009–2019 ( Track and field F32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disability | Cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Gafsa, TUN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Mohammed Yahya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maroua Brahmi ( Arabic: مروى براهمي, born September 19, 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32 throwing events. She was the 2016 Paralympic Champion in club throw category F32 and the F32 shot put. [1]
Impaired with cerebral palsy, Brahmi took to sport in 2008, [1] she made her international debut in 2009, [1] her first major international competition was at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she won a gold medal in the F31/F32/F51 club throw, [2] she also came 11th in the F32/F34 shot put. [1]
Brahmi competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, UK. There she won a gold medal in Women's club throw F31/32/51 and a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F32/33/34. [3]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, on winning the gold medal in the club throw she broke the world record when throwing 24.15 meters, [4] she also finished 4th in the shot put. [1]
In the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she won gold again in the club throw [1] she actually only beat Algerian thrower Mounia Gasmi by 4 centimeters [5] and she followed that with the gold medal in the F32 shot put [6]
She also managed to win two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, firstly winning the F32 club throw in a new world record distance of 26.93 meters, and again beating Mounia Gasmi who had to settle for silver medal again, [7] then eight days later she won the F32 shot put throwing 5.76 meters [8] which was a new Paralympic record, her nearest opponent was over a meter behind. [9]
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Native name | مروى براهمي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Maroua Brahmi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gafsa, Tunisia | September 19, 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2009–2019 ( Track and field F32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disability | Cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Gafsa, TUN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Mohammed Yahya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maroua Brahmi ( Arabic: مروى براهمي, born September 19, 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32 throwing events. She was the 2016 Paralympic Champion in club throw category F32 and the F32 shot put. [1]
Impaired with cerebral palsy, Brahmi took to sport in 2008, [1] she made her international debut in 2009, [1] her first major international competition was at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she won a gold medal in the F31/F32/F51 club throw, [2] she also came 11th in the F32/F34 shot put. [1]
Brahmi competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, UK. There she won a gold medal in Women's club throw F31/32/51 and a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F32/33/34. [3]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, on winning the gold medal in the club throw she broke the world record when throwing 24.15 meters, [4] she also finished 4th in the shot put. [1]
In the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she won gold again in the club throw [1] she actually only beat Algerian thrower Mounia Gasmi by 4 centimeters [5] and she followed that with the gold medal in the F32 shot put [6]
She also managed to win two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, firstly winning the F32 club throw in a new world record distance of 26.93 meters, and again beating Mounia Gasmi who had to settle for silver medal again, [7] then eight days later she won the F32 shot put throwing 5.76 meters [8] which was a new Paralympic record, her nearest opponent was over a meter behind. [9]