Tunis: The Tunisian sport has excelled in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, winning a total of 15 medals (5 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze) from Rome-1960 until Tokyo-2020+1.The lion's share goes to athletics with 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze), followed by swimming (3 gold and 1 bronze), boxing (2 bronze), taekwondo (1 silver and 1 bronze), fencing (1 bronze) and wrestling (1 bronze).The best participation in terms of medals was during the last three editions, with two gold medals and one bronze at the London 2012 Olympics, three bronze at Rio 2016 in addition to one gold and one medal. silver in Tokyo-2020+1.In these 15 participations, particularly during the London in 2012 Olympics, Tunisia was represented by 83 athletes competing in 17 sporting disciplines, while the edition of Mexico-1968 recorded the smallest delegation, with only 6 athletes competing in two disciplines.Following is the list of Tunisian Olympic medalists:Mohamed Gammoudi (athletics)Tokyo-1964: silver medal (10, 000 m)Mexico-1968: gold medal (5000 m), silver medal (10,000 m)Munich-1972: silver medal (5000 m)Habib Galhia (boxing)Tokyo-1964: bronze medal (63.5 kg)Fathi Missaoui (boxing)Atlanta-1996: bronze medalOussama Mellouli (swimming)Beijing-2008: gold medal (1500 m NL)London-2012: gold medal (10 km open water), bronze medal (1500 m NL)Habiba Gheribi (athletics)London-2012: gold medal 3000 m steeplechaseInes Boubakri (fencing)Rio De Janeiro-2016: bronze medal (women's foil)Marwa Amri (wrestling)Rio De Janeiro-2016: bronze medalOussama Oueslati (taekwondo)Rio De Janeiro-2016: bronze medal (80 kg)Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (taekwondo)Tokyo-2020: silver medal (58 kg)Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui (swimming):Tokyo-2020: gold medal (400 m NL)Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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