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Born | Menzel Temime, Tunisia | 27 January 1982||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohamed Amine Kalem (born 27 January 1982) is an Italian-Tunisian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist and a European silver medalist. [1] [2]
Kalem was born with a shortened left leg. [3]
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