Rima Abdelli

Rima Abdelli is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature and she competes in F40-classification events.[1] 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.[1][2][3] In 2019, she qualified to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Rima Abdelli
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityShort stature
Disability classF40
Event(s)Shot put
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F40
World Championships
2017 London Shot put F40
2015 Doha Shot put F40

At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

References
  1. "Rima Abdelli". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. "London 2017: Dimitrijevic breaks club throw world record". paralympic.org. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put F40 – Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. "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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