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Hatem Ghoula

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Native name
  
حاتم غولة

Residence
  
Tunis, Tunisia

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Name
  
Hatem Ghoula

Birth name
  
Hatem Ghoula


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Born
  
June 7, 1973 (age 50) (
1973-06-07
)

Osaka 2007 - Arrival Fernandez and Ghoula


Hatem Ghoula (Arabic: حاتم غولة‎‎; born 7 June 1973 in Paris, France) is a Tunisian race walker. He won four consecutive African Championships in the 20 kilometres walk from 1996 to 2002. His foremost medal was a 20 km walk bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He is also a two-time gold medallist at the All-African Games, having won in 2003 and 2007 (the latter in a Games record time).

He has represented Tunisia at four Olympic Games (1996 to 2008), with his best performance of eleventh place coming in 2004. He competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics for eight straight editions from 1993 to 2007 and made his ninth appearance at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. At the IAAF World Race Walking Cup he has participated on five occasions and came close to a medal in 2006, finishing in fourth place.

He is a two-time gold medallist at the African Race Walking Championships and the Jeux de la Francophonie, and was the champion at the 2004 Arab Games and 2001 Mediterranean Games.

He holds the African records in racewalking for the distance of 20,000 metres on the track and 20 km walk on the road.

References

Hatem Ghoula Wikipedia