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| Native name | مروى براهمي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Maroua Brahmi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-09-19) September 19, 1988 (age 35) Gafsa, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2009–2019 (Track and field F32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability | Cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Gafsa, TUN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mohammed Yahya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maroua Brahmi (Arabic: مروى براهمي, born September 19, 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32 throwing events. She was the 2016 Paralympic Champion in club throw category F32 and the F32 shot put.[1]
Impaired with cerebral palsy, Brahmi took to sport in 2008,[1] she made her international debut in 2009,[1] her first major international competition was at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she won a gold medal in the F31/F32/F51 club throw,[2] she also came 11th in the F32/F34 shot put.[1]
Brahmi competed in the 2012 Summer ParalympicsinLondon, UK. There she won a gold medal in Women's club throw F31/32/51 and a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F32/33/34.[3]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsinLyon, France, on winning the gold medal in the club throw she broke the world record when throwing 24.15 meters,[4] she also finished 4th in the shot put.[1]
In the 2015 IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsinDoha, Qatar, she won gold again in the club throw[1] she actually only beat Algerian thrower Mounia Gasmi by 4 centimeters[5] and she followed that with the gold medal in the F32 shot put[6]
She also managed to win two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, firstly winning the F32 club throw in a new world record distance of 26.93 meters, and again beating Mounia Gasmi who had to settle for silver medal again,[7] then eight days later she won the F32 shot put throwing 5.76 meters[8] which was a new Paralympic record, her nearest opponent was over a meter behind.[9]
