Faouzi Rzig (born 9 July 1982)
is a
Paralympian
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athlete
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from
Tunisia
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competing mainly in category F35 javelin events.
Fauzi finished fourth in the F35 javelin in the
2004 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 136
, athletes = 3,806
, events = 519 in 19 sports
, opening = 17 September
, closing = 28 September
, opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos
, cauldron = Georgios Toptsis
, stadium = Olymp ...
in
Athens
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, but four years later in
Beijing
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he left with the gold medal from the combined F33/34/52 class javelin.
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1982 births
Living people
Tunisian male javelin throwers
Paralympic athletes of Tunisia
Paralympic gold medalists for Tunisia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
20th-century Tunisian people
21st-century Tunisian people
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