Maroua Brahmi Explained

Birth Name:Maroua Brahmi
Native Name:مروى براهمي
Native Name Lang:Tunisian
Birth Date:19 September 1988
Height:1.65m
Weight:50kg
Disability:Cerebral palsy
Disability Class:F32
Club:Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Gafsa, TUN
Coach:Mohammed Yahya
Years Active:2009–2019 (Track and field F32)

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]

Career

Impaired with cerebral palsy, Brahmi took to sport in 2008, she made her international debut in 2009, 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.

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.

In the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she won gold again in the club throw 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]

Athletics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maroua Ibrahmi - Bio. paralympic.org. 27 October 2016.
  2. Web site: 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships. scoop.co.nz. 27 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Results. bbc.co.uk. 27 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Lyon 2013 - Day five evening review. paralympic.org. 27 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Doha 2015 Results. paralympic.org. 27 October 2016.
  6. Web site: Doha 2015 Results. paralympic.org. 27 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Women's Club Throw F32. rio2016.com. 27 October 2016. 22 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201221/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athletics-standings-at-womens-club-throw-f31-32. dead.
  8. Web site: Women's shot put -F32. paralympic.org. 27 October 2016. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923005603/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athletics-standings-at-womens-shot-put-f32. dead.
  9. Web site: Paralympic shot put records. paralympic.org. 27 October 2016.