Fares Hamdi

Fares Hamdi (born 17 April 1980)[1] is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F37 long jump events.

Fares Hamdi
Personal information
Born17 April 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 40)
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney Long Jump - F37
2004 Athens 4x400m - T35-38
2008 Beijing 4x100m - T35-38

Fares has competed in three Paralympic Games, winning a medal at each one, always in a different event. His first success came in 2000 in Sydney when he won the F37 long jump as well as competing in the T37 long jump. Four years later in Athens he failed in his defence of a long jump gold but did pick up a gold medal as part of the successful Tunisian T35-38 4 × 400 m really team. In his third games in 2008 he again failed in the long jump but this time was part of the bronze medal winning T35-38 4 × 100 m team from Tunisia.

References
  1. "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). jobosport.nl. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2018.


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