The Tunisian weightlifting team completed its participation in the Arab Championships, across all categories for both girls and boys, as well as in the African Championships for cadet and junior categories, also for women and men, held in Mostaganem, Algeria, from October 5 to 13.
The Tunisian delegation achieved a total of 82 medals at the Arab level, including 24 gold, and 65 medals at the African level, including 19 gold, bringing the overall total to 147 medals of various colors across the two competitions.
The medal distribution is as follows:
Women’s category
Khawla Majri (-49 kg): 9 gold medals at the Arab Championships | 6 silver medals at the African Championships.
Yasmine Radhouani (-53 kg): 3 gold medals and 6 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 1 bronze at the African Championships.
Takwa Touati (-57 kg): 2 gold medals, 6 silver and 1 bronze at the Arab Championships | 2 gold medals and 4 silver medals at the African Championships.
Chaima Tlili (-61 kg): 3 bronze medals at the Arab Championships | 3 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Isra Bejaoui (-61 kg): 6 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 3 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Aya Ghali (-69 kg): 3 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 3 silver medals at the African Championships.
Hibat Allah Jmili (-69 kg): 3 bronze medals at the Arab Championships | 3 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Ghofrane Ghrissa (-77 kg): 3 gold medals and 6 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 6 gold medals at the African Championships.
Hibat Allah Tebini (+77 kg and +86 kg): 3 gold medals and 6 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 3 gold medals and 3 silver medals at the African Championships. She also set three African junior records in the snatch, the clean and jerk, and the total.
Men’s category
Idriss Werthi (-60 kg): 6 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 3 gold medals at the African Championships.
Farouk Ben Hmida (-65 kg): 2 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Yahya Laâyeb (-70 kg): 3 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Ayoub Salem (-75 kg): 3 silver medals at the Arab Championships.
Houssem Dridi (-85 kg): 3 bronze medals at the Arab Championships | 3 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Ahmed Salem (-95 kg): improved his personal records and finished in fourth place at both the Arab and African levels.
Youssef Kraïmi (+95 kg): 3 silver medals at the Arab Championships | 3 bronze medals at the African Championships.
Mohamed Khalil Jouadi (-110 kg): 1 silver medal and 3 bronze medals at the Arab Championships | 3 silver medals at the African Championships.
Five trophies by teams
The Tunisian team also won five trophies in the team rankings, distributed as follows :
- Trophy for the Arab junior girls championship.
- Trophy for the African junior girls championship.
- Trophy for the second place among cadettes at the Arab Championships.
- Trophy for the second place among cadettes at the African Championships.
- Trophy for the second place among senior women at the Arab Championships.
