Oussama mellouli olympics 2016

Tunisia has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Tunisia has qualified three boats for the following distances into the Olympic canoeing regatta through the African Sprint Qualifying Tournament. Tunisia has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 10 individual ranking in the UCI Africa Tour.

Tunisia has entered five fencers into the Olympic competition. The following is the Tunisian roster in the men's handball tournament of the Summer Olympics. Tunisia has qualified a total of four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Hela Ayari, Faicel Jaballah , and two-time Olympian Nihal Chikhrouhou were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, , while Houda Miled at women's middleweight 70 kg earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as the highest-ranked Tunisian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

Tunisia has qualified one boat each in the men's single sculls and the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games at the African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis. Tunisian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the ISAF Sailing World Championships , the individual fleet Worlds, and African qualifying regattas.

Tunisia has qualified one shooter in the women's pistol events by virtue of her best finish at the African Continental Championships and other selection competitions, as long as she obtained a minimum qualifying score MQS as of March 31, Tunisian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time OQT , and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time OST : [ 18 ] [ 19 ].

Tunisia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Saifa Saidani had claimed the Olympic spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top two finish at the African Qualification Tournament in Khartoum, Sudan. Tunisia entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Tunisia has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament.

London Olympian Malek Jaziri world no. Tunisia has qualified the men's beach volleyball team for the Olympics by winning the CAVB Continental Cup final in Abuja , Nigeria , signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Tunisia has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish for men and top four for women , respectively, at the African Championships.

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Oussama mellouli olympics 2016

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Toggle the table of contents. Oussama Mellouli. Oussama Mellouli in Esperance of Tunisia. Preceded by Roland Schoeman. African Swimmer of the Year , with Cameron van der Burgh. Succeeded by Cameron van der Burgh. Preceded by Thomas Lurz and Spyridon Gianniotis. Open Water Swimmer of the Year Succeeded by Incumbent. Preceded by Thomas Lurz. Succeeded by Thomas Lurz.

Preceded by Heykel Megannem. Nonetheless, on August 17, he won the gold medal in the m freestyle with Mellouli set a new African record and succeeded Gammoudi in the Olympic record books. And in particular because he was only ahead of two fellow competitors and was more than thirty seconds behind the American Tom Dolan, the winner of the event.

But Oussama was learning, always learning both literally and figuratively since he acquired a BA in France, then went to the United States to obtain an MA in computer science at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles and started working as a computer engineer and was at the time in parallel swimming for the USC Trojans university team.

Olympic champions in men's m freestyle. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata. Toggle the table of contents. Swimming at the Summer Olympics — Men's metre freestyle. Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Gregorio Paltrinieri. Connor Jaeger. United States. Gabriele Detti. Sun Yang CHN.

London , United Kingdom. Q, NR. Ryan Cochrane. Henrik Christiansen. Stephen Milne.