Rima Abdelli
Personal information
Born24 February 1988 (1988-02-24) (age 35)
Madanin, Tunisia
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityShort stature
Disability classF40
EventShot put
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F40
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London Shot put F40
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha Shot put F40

Rima Abdelli (born 24 February 1988 in Madanin)[1][2] is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature and she competes in F40-classification events.[3] She represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[3][4][5] In 2019, she qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[5] Two years later, at the 2017 World Championships held in London, United Kingdom, she set a new personal best of 7.57m in the same event and she won the gold medal.[5] At the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she finished in 4th place in this event with a distance of 7.79m.[6][7] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she placed fifth in the women's shot put F40 event.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Athletics - ABDELLI Rima". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Paralympic - ABDELLI Rima - Athletics - Tunisia". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Rima Abdelli". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's Shot Put - F40 Schedule & Results – Paralympic Athletics". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "London 2017: Dimitrijevic breaks club throw world record". paralympic.org. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put F40 – Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's shot put F40" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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