Abbes Saidi

Tunisia

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

T38

Further personal information

Languages

Arabic

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up the sport in 1998.

Why this sport?

He attended a try-out event for prospective Para athletes.

International debut

Year

2000

Competing for

Tunisia

General interest

Memorable sporting achievement

Winning gold in the T38 1500m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and claiming victory in the same event at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Hero / Idol

Tunisian distance runner Mohammed Gammoudi. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 800 m T38	Final Round	5
Men's 4x400 m T35-38	Final Round	6
Men's 400 m T38	Heat 2	4

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m T38	Final Round	2
Men's 200 m T38	Heat 2	6
Men's 4x100 m T35-38	Final Round	3

IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 4x400 m T35-38	Final Round	9999
Men's 400 m T38	Final Round	5
Men's 400 m T38	Heat 2	1

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 4x400 m T35-38		Final Round		1
Men's 800 m T38		Final Round		2

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 400 m T38	Heat 1	2012-09-02	1
Men's 400 m T38	Final Round	2012-09-03	4
Men's 200 m T38	Heat 1	2012-09-07	4

IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 1500 m T38		Final 1	2013-07-24	2
Men's 400 m T38		Final 1	2013-07-26	7

IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 800 m T38	Heat 2	2015-10-23	3
Men's 800 m T38	Final 1	2015-10-24	2
Men's 1500 m T38	Final 1	2015-10-30	1

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 1500 m T38		Final Round	2016-09-10	1

World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 800 m T38	Heat 2	2017-07-14	5
Men's 800 m T38	Final 1	2017-07-16	3
Men's 1500 m T38	Final 1	2017-07-22	3