Tunisian first participated in Olympics in 1960 and till now this country have won 07 medals in different events.
Please find below the List of Tunisian athletes Qualified for London 2012 Olympics :
Athletics :
Tunisian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the ‘A’ Standard, and 1 at the ‘B’ Standard):
Men
Wissam Hosni – Marathon
Hassanine Sebei – 20 km walk
Amor Ben Yahia – 3000 m steeplechase
Women
Amira Ben Amor – Marathon
Habiba Ghribi – 3000 m steeplechase
Basketball :
Tunisia is qualified for the men’s event
Men’s team event – 1 team of 12 players
Men’s tournament
Boxing :
Tunisia has so far qualified boxers for the following events
Men
Ahmed Mejri – Lightweight
Abderrazak Houya and Yahia Elmekachari – Light welterweight
Women
Maroua Rahali – Flyweight
Rim Jouini – Lightweight
Canoeing :
Sprint
Tunisia has qualified boats for the following events
Khaled Bergaoui – Men’s C-1 200 m
Mohamed Ali Mrabet – Men’s K-1 1000 m
Afef Ben Ismail – Women’s K-1 500 m
Fencing :
Tunisia has qualified 6 fencers.
Men
Mohamed Smandi – Individual foil
Hichem Smandi – Individual sabre
Women
Sarra Besbes – Individual épée
Ines Boubakri – Individual foil
Azza Besbes – Individual sabre
Amira Ben Chaabane – Individual sabre
Gymnastics :
Tunisia has qualified in the following events.
Artistic
Men
Wajdi Bouallègue – All-around
Handball :
Tunisia will participate to the Olympic Games as the defending Africa Champion.
Men’s team event – 1 team of 14 players
Men’s tournament
Judo :
Tunisia has qualified 4 judokas
Faycal Jaballah Men’s +100 kg
Houda Miled – Women’s -70 kg
Hana Margheni – Women’s -78 kg
Nihel Cheikhrouhou – Women’s +78 kg
Rowing :
Tunisia has qualified the following boats.
Men
Aymen Mejri – Single sculls
Women
Racha Soula – Single sculls
Sailing :
Tunisia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events
Men
Youssef Akrout – Laser
Shooting :
Tunisia has qualified one shooter.
Women
10 m air pistol
Swimming :
Tunisian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
Men
Ahmed Mathlouthi – 200 m freestyle
Oussama Mellouli – 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle and 10 km open water
Taki Mrabet – 200 m individual medley and 400 m individual medley
Taekwondo :
Tunisia has qualified 1 athlete.
Khaoula Ben Hamza – Women’s +67 kg
Tennis :
Malek Jaziri – Men’s singles
Ons Jabeur – Women’s singles
Volleyball :
Tunisia has qualified a men’s team to the indoor tournament.
Men’s team event – 1 team of 12 players
Men’s indoor tournament
Weightlifting :
Tunisia has qualified 1 man and 1 woman.
Men’s
Women’s
Wrestling :
Tunisia has qualified 8 quota places.
Men’s freestyle
Heithem Belayech -66 kg
Bilel Al Wechteti -74 kg
Men’s Greco-Roman
Zied Ayet Akram -74 kg
Hykel Al Achouri -84 kg
Housine Al Ayari -96 kg
Radwan Chabi -120 kg
Women’s freestyle
Marwa Mezien -48 kg
Marwa Al Amri -55 kg

