Maroua Mathlouthi

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Maroua Mathlouthi
Personal information
Full nameMaroua Mathlouthi
National teamFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Born (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 35)
Tunis, Tunisia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
ClubAmiens Metropole Natation
(FRA) [1]
College team Southern Methodist University (U.S.) [1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Tunisia
All-Africa Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Algiers 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Algiers 400 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Algiers 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Algiers 800 m freestyle

Maroua Mathlouthi (born August 22, 1988 in Tunis) is a Tunisian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. She is a multiple-time Pan Arab Games champion, and a two-time gold medalist for her respective categories (800 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley) at the 2006 African Swimming Championships in Dakar, Senegal. [2] [3] Mathlouthi had won a total of four medals, including three silver for the women's freestyle (200, 400, and 1500 m) at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. [4] [5]

Mathlouthi was slated to compete in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but withdrew from the competition for personal and health reasons. [6] [7]

Mathlouthi also served as a varsity swimmer of the SMU Mustangs at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a member of Amiens Metropole Natation in Amiens, France. [1] She is also the sister of Ahmed Mathlouthi, who competed in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [8]

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