Hédi Teraoui

Hédi Teraoui (born 10 November 1989) is a Tunisian racewalker who specialises in the 20 kilometres walk. He represented his country at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and competed twice at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.[1] He was the champion at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics and runner-up at the 2011 All-Africa Games.[2]

Hédi Teraoui
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Tunisia
African Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Maputo20 km walk
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Porto Novo20 km walk

His best of 19:51.36 minutes for the 5000 metres race walk indoors is the African record for the distance.[3] His personal best for the 20 km event is 1:23:25 hours.[1]

He won his first international medal at the 2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, taking the 10,000 m walk gold medal.[4] He competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics that same year and came seventh.[1]

Teraoui missed the 2015 season.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2008 Arab Junior Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 10,000 m walk 42:49.22
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th 10,000 m walk 42:18.65
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 11th 20 km walk 1:44:18
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua City, Mexico 61st 20 km walk 1:37:38
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 4th 20 km walk 1:23:25
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd 20 km walk 1:26:44
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 33rd 20 km walk 1:29:48
Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 5th 20 km walk 1:45:54
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 71st 20 km walk 1:29:05
African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 1st 20 km walk ?

See also

References
  1. Hedi Teraoui. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
  2. Makori, Elias (2011-09-15). From Daegu to Maputo, Jeylan and Montsho rule! - All Africa Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
  3. Area Records. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
  4. Arab Junior Championships . IAAF (2008-06-24). Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
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