Fathia Amaimia Explained

Fathia Amaimia (born 5 September 1989)^[1] is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature.^[2] She competes in F41-classification throwing events.^[2] She represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F41 event.^[2] She also competed in the women's shot put F41 event where she finished in 6th place.

At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Lyon, France, she won the silver medal in the women's discus throw F41 event. Two years later, at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she also won a silver medal in the same event.^[3] In 2019, she finished in 8th place in the women's shot put F41 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Fathia Amaimia . Rio2016.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161004131804/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/fathia-amaimia . 2016-10-04 . dead.
Web site: Fathia Amaimia . paralympic.org . 26 December 2019 . International Paralympic Committee.
Web site: 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Results – Women's Discus throw F41 Final . 23 October 2015 . 23 October 2015 . IPC.
Web site: Women's shot put F41. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200823185832/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATDU19/pdf/ATDU19/AT/ATDU19_AT_C73S_ATWS41100.pdf. 23 August 2020. 23 August 2020. 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.