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Chaima Toumi

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Chaima Toumi
Personal information
NationalityTunisian
Born (2003-09-23) 23 September 2003 (age 21)[1]
La Marsa, Tunisia
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Tunisia
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 57 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Abidjan 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 53 kg

Chaima Toumi (born 23 September 2003) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. She won gold at the 2023 African Games and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

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She won the bronze medal at the 2018 Junior Taekwondo Championships in Hammemet, Tunisia.[2] Competing at the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers, Toumi won the gold medal in the -55 kg category.[3]

She won gold at the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar, Senegal in the 53kg division.[4] She also won the gold medal in the under 57kg category at the 2023 African Championships in Abidjan.[5] She also won the gold medal in the 57kg category at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.[6][7][8]

She made it through the 2024 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament to earn a place at the 2024 Olympic Games.[9] She competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics At the -57 wight class, where she reached the quarter finals.[10]

Personal life

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She is trained by her father who is a taekwondo coach.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Chaima Toumi". Eurosport. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "2018 Junior Taekwondo Championships : Chaima Toumi offers Tunisia a first medal". tekiano. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Coup d'œil sur nos champions prenant part à la 3ème édition des Jeux africains de la Jeunesse qui se tiennent à Alger". turess.com. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Senegal hosts African Taekwondo Championships for first time". rokntv.com. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ "African Taekwondo Championship: GOLD for Chaima Toumi (photos) African Taekwondo Championship". sport.tunisienumerique.com. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ^ "African Games – Taekwondo: Gold medal for Chaima Toumi (-57 kg)". africamanager. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (21 March 2024). "Accra 2023: Tunisia tops medal table in Kyorugi Taekwondo competition". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 African Games : 64 medals for Tunisia". webmanagercenter.com. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (17 July 2024). "Tunisia Taekwondo Team hopes to earn more than one medal in Paris". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Tunisia Taekwondo team eyes medals at the Paris Olympics". Africa News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Chaima Toumi: a golden champion project". Modaiquefm.net. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2024.