Fathia Amaimia
Personal information
Born5 September 1989 (1989-09-05) (age 34)
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportPara-athletics
Disability classF41
Events
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F41
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon Discus throw F41
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha Discus throw F41

Fathia Amaimia (born 5 September 1989)[1] is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature.[2] She competes in F41-classification throwing events.[2] She represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F41 event.[2] She also competed in the women's shot put F41 event where she finished in 6th place.

At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Lyon, France, she won the silver medal in the women's discus throw F41 event. Two years later, at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she also won a silver medal in the same event.[3] In 2019, she finished in 8th place in the women's shot put F41 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fathia Amaimia". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fathia Amaimia". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Results – Women's Discus throw F41 Final". IPC. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Women's shot put F41" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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