Hédi Teraoui

Hédi Teraoui
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Tunisia
African Games
2011 Maputo 20 km walk
African Championships
2012 Porto Novo 20 km walk

Hédi Teraoui (born 10 November 1989) is a Tunisian racewalker who specialises in the 20 kilometres walk. He represented his country at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and competed twice at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.[1] He was the champion at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics and runner-up at the 2011 All-Africa Games.[2]

His best of 19:51.36 minutes for the 5000 metres race walk indoors is the African record for the distance.[3] His personal best for the 20 km event is 1:23:25 hours.[1]

He won his first international medal at the 2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, taking the 10,000 m walk gold medal.[4] He competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics that same year and came seventh.[1]

Teraoui missed the 2015 season.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2008 Arab Junior Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 10,000 m walk 42:49.22
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th 10,000 m walk 42:18.65
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 11th 20 km walk 1:44:18
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua City, Mexico 61st 20 km walk 1:37:38
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 4th 20 km walk 1:23:25
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd 20 km walk 1:26:44
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 33rd 20 km walk 1:29:48
Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 5th 20 km walk 1:45:54
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 71st 20 km walk 1:29:05
African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 1st 20 km walk ?

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hedi Teraoui. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
  2. Makori, Elias (2011-09-15). From Daegu to Maputo, Jeylan and Montsho rule! - All Africa Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
  3. Area Records. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
  4. Arab Junior Championships . IAAF (2008-06-24). Retrieved on 2016-07-09.
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