Mohamed Sghaier

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Mohamed Sghaier
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Sghaier in 2012
Personal information
Born (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 35)
EducationSuperior Institute for Sport and Physical Education Ksar Said [1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
CountryTunisia
Sport Track and field
Event 400 metres hurdles
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Arab Athletics Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Doha 400 m hurdles
Jeux de la Francophonie
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Nice 400 m hurdles
African Junior Athletics Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Radès 4x400 m relay
African Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville 400 m hurdles

Mohamed Sghaier (born 18 July 1988) is a Tunisian hurdler. [2] He competed in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing getting disqualified in the first round. His personal best in the 400 metres hurdles is 49.22 seconds set in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 2015. This is the current national record.

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Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
2005 African Junior Championships Radès, Tunisia 7th400 m hurdles54.38
2nd4 × 400 m hurdles3:12.43
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 29th (h)400 m hurdles 53.89
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 4th400 m hurdles 51.25
6th4 × 400 m relay 3:08.75
Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut, Lebanon 8th400 m hurdles 54.67
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 6th400 m hurdles 50.05
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 5th400 m hurdles 50.37
2013 Arab Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd400 m hurdles50.94
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 3rd400 m hurdles 50.46
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 6th400 m hurdles 50.62 [3]
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 400 m hurdles DQ
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd400 m hurdles 49.32
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 36th (h)400 m hurdles 50.09

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References

  1. "NBC Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. "Mohamed Sghaier". IAAF. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. Disqualified in the final