Rima Abdelli

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.

Rima Abdelli
Personal information
Born24 February 1988 (1988-02-24) (age 35)
Madanin, Tunisia
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityShort stature
Disability classF40
Event(s)Shot put
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F40
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London Shot put F40
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha Shot put F40

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
  1. "Athletics - ABDELLI Rima - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. "Paralympic - ABDELLI Rima - Athletics - Tunisia". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. "Rima Abdelli". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. "Women's Shot Put - F40 Schedule & Results – Paralympic Athletics". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. "London 2017: Dimitrijevic breaks club throw world record". paralympic.org. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. "2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put F40 – Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. "Women's shot put F40" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.


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