Anis Riahi (born 30 May 1971) is a retired

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

. Riahi won the gold medal in pole vault at the 1996 African Championships. In decathlon he won gold medals at the 1996 African Championships, the

1999 All-Africa Games The 7th All-Africa Games (; ), also known as Johannesburg 1999 (), was a sport event held from 10 to 19 September 1999, in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. 53 countries participated in eighteen sports. Netball was included as a demonstrati ...

and 2004 African Championships, the silver medals at the

1995 All-Africa Games The 6th All-Africa Games, also known as Harare 1995, were played from 13 to 23 September 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports. South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African ...

and the 2002 African Championships, and a bronze medal at the

1997 Jeux de la Francophonie The 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''IIIes Jeux de la Francophonie'', (French language, French for ''Francophone Games'') were held in Antananarivo, Madagascar from August 27 to September 6, 1997. Events Sports Cultural Medals a ...

. He also won the decathlon at the

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and

1999 Pan Arab Games The 1999 Arab Games were the ninth edition of the multi-sport event for Arab countries and were held from August 15 to 31. Around 4600 athletes from 21 countries participated in the 29 sports on offer. The opening ceremony that took place in Al Hu ...

. He became Tunisian champion in different events six times, and two in the decathlon. His personal best score is 7642 points, achieved in July 2000 in

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1971 births Living people Tunisian decathletes Tunisian male pole vaulters African Games gold medalists for Tunisia African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for Tunisia African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-athletics-bio-stub