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Choukri Abahnini

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Choukri Abahnini

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Tunisia
African Championships in Athletics
Gold medal – first place 1985 Cairo Pole vault
Gold medal – first place 1988 Annaba Pole vault
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Nairobi Pole vault

Choukri Abahnini (born 1960) is a former athlete from Tunisia who competed in the pole vault.

He competed for Tunisia in the 1984 African Championships held in Rabat, Morocco in the pole vault finishing in the bronze medal position with a performance of 4.40 m. At the following years African Championships held in Cairo, Egypt he improved this 4m60 enough to win the gold. A feat he repeated at both the 1987 African Games held in Nairobi, Kenya and 1988 African Championships held in Annaba, Algeria with vaults of 4.90 m and 4.85 m respectively.

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Tunisia
1983 Maghreb Championships Casablanca, Morocco 2nd Pole vault 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
Arab Championships Amman, Jordan 2nd Pole vault 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
1984 African Championships Rabat, Morocco 3rd Pole vault 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
1985 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st Pole vault 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
World Cup Canberra, Australia 7th Pole vault 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)1
1986 Maghreb Championships Tunis, Tunisia 1st Pole vault 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in)
1987 All-Africa Games Nairobi, Kenya 1st Pole vault 4.85 m (15 ft 11 in)
Arab Championships Algiers, Algeria 2nd Pole vault 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
1988 African Championships Annaba, Algeria 1st Pole vault 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
1989 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 3rd Pole vault 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)

1Representing Africa

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