Maroua Mathlouthi
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Full name | Maroua Mathlouthi | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Tunis, Tunisia | 22 August 1988|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club |
Amiens Metropole Natation (FRA)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Southern Methodist University (U.S.)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maroua Mathlouthi (born August 22, 1988 in Tunis) is a Tunisian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. She is a multiple-time Pan Arab Games champion, and a two-time gold medalist for her respective categories (800 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley) at the 2006 African Swimming Championships in Dakar, Senegal.[2][3] Mathlouthi had won a total of four medals, including three silver for the women's freestyle (200, 400, and 1500 m) at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4][5]
Mathlouthi was slated to compete in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but withdrew from the competition for personal and health reasons.[6][7]
Mathlouthi also served as a varsity swimmer of the SMU Mustangs at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a member of Amiens Metropole Natation in Amiens, France.[1] She is also the sister of Ahmed Mathlouthi, who competed in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Player Bio: Maroua Mathlouthi". SMU Mustangs. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "South Africa Takes Medal Lead in Second Day of African Swimming Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Maghreb athletes harvest more medals at Pan-Arab Games in Egypt". Magharebia. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Du Toit continues her swimming legend in All-African Games". People's Daily Online (China). 18 July 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Melissa Corfe Prevails in 200 Free at All Africa Games". Swimming World Magazine. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ahmed Mathlouthi". London 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.