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Mohammed Gammoudi
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Tunisian athlete
Key facts
- Native name
- محمد التليلي بن عبدالله
- Nationality
- Tunisian
- Born
- Mohammed Tlili ben Abdallah , ( 1938-02-11 ) February 11, 1938 (age 88) , Sidi Aïch , Tunisia
- Height
- 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
- Weight
- 60 kg (132 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Club
- AS Militaire Tunis
- Personal best s
- 800 meters : 1:51.2 , 1500 meters : 3:41.9 , 3000 meters : 7:50.2 , 5000 meters : 13:27.33 , 10,000 meters : 27:54.59
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tunisia
- Place of birth
- Sidi Aïch
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Participant in
- 1964 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Tunisia
- Mass
- 60
- Image
- PortraitMohammedGammoudi.jpg
- Height
- 172
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- Commons category
- Mohammed Gammoudi
- date of birth
- 1938-02-11
- name in native language
- محمد القمودي
- sports discipline competed in
- long-distance running
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Encyclopedic overview
Mohammed Tlili ben Abdallah (Arabic: محمد التليلي بن عبدالله), also known as Moham(m)ed Gammoudi, (born February 11, 1938) is a Tunisian athlete who competed as a long-distance runner in international track and field competitions. He represented Tunisia in the Tokyo, Mexico City, and Munich Olympiads and recorded four medals, including a gold medal in the 5000 metres event in Mexico City. Gammoudi was also competitive at 10,000 metres.
Born in Sidi Aïch, in Tunisia, Mohammed Gammoudi was one of the pioneers of the African long-distance running revolution that changed the face of the sport in the final decades of the 20th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mohammed Gammoudi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.