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| Nationality | Tunisian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 62 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wafa Masghouni (born 11 December 2007) is a Tunisian taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.
Masghouni competed at the 2023 African Games and won a gold medal in the 62 kg category. [1] She competed at the 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championships and won a gold medal in the 63 kg category. [2] [3]
In October 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships and won a gold medal in the 62 kg category, defeating 2024 Summer Olympics champion Viviana Márton in the finals. Márton led throughout the first round, before Masghouni landed a body kick in the closing seconds to tie the score at 7–7 and win the round on connections. The second round remained scoreless, but she once again won the round on connections. [4] This was the first women's gold medal for Tunisia at the World Taekwondo Championships. [5]