Rima Abdelli (born 24 February 1988 in Madanin)[1][2] is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature and she competes in F40-classification events.[3] She represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[3][4][5] In 2019, she qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 February 1988 (age 36) Madanin, Tunisia |
| Sport | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Disability | Short stature |
| Disability class | F40 |
| Event | Shot put |
Medal record | |
At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[5] Two years later, at the 2017 World Championships held in London, United Kingdom, she set a new personal best of 7.57m in the same event and she won the gold medal.[5] At the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she finished in 4th place in this event with a distance of 7.79m.[6][7] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she placed fifth in the women's shot put F40 event.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Athletics - ABDELLI Rima". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Paralympic - ABDELLI Rima - Athletics - Tunisia". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Rima Abdelli". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's Shot Put - F40 Schedule & Results – Paralympic Athletics". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "London 2017: Dimitrijevic breaks club throw world record". paralympic.org. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put F40 – Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Women's shot put F40" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
External links
edit- Rima Abdelli at the International Paralympic Committee
- Rima Abdelli at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Rima Abdelli at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website Archived 2021-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
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