Maroua Brahmi (Arabic: مروى براهمي, born September 19, 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32 throwing events. She was the 2016 Paralympic Champion in club throw category F32 and the F32 shot put.^[1]

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Maroua Brahmi

Personal information
Native name	مروى براهمي
Birth name	Maroua Brahmi
Born	(1988-09-19) September 19, 1988 (age 35) Gafsa, Tunisia
Years active	2009–2019 (Track and field F32)
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Disability	Cerebral palsy
Disability class	F32
Club	Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Gafsa, TUN
Coached by	Mohammed Yahya
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  Tunisia Paralympic Games 2012 London Club throw F31/32/51 2012 London Shot Put F32/33/34 2016 Rio Club throw F32 2016 Rio Shot Put F32 World Championships 2011 Christchurch Club throw F31/32/51 2013 Lyon Club throw F31/32/51 2015 Doha Club throw F32 2015 Doha Shot put F32 2017 London Shot put F32 2019 Dubai Club throw F32 2017 London Club throw F32 2023 Paris Club throw F32

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Impaired with cerebral palsy, Brahmi took to sport in 2008,^[1] she made her international debut in 2009,^[1] her first major international competition was at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she won a gold medal in the F31/F32/F51 club throw,^[2] she also came 11th in the F32/F34 shot put.^[1]

Brahmi competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, UK. There she won a gold medal in Women's club throw F31/32/51 and a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F32/33/34.^[3]

At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, on winning the gold medal in the club throw she broke the world record when throwing 24.15 meters,^[4] she also finished 4th in the shot put.^[1]

In the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she won gold again in the club throw^[1] she actually only beat Algerian thrower Mounia Gasmi by 4 centimeters^[5] and she followed that with the gold medal in the F32 shot put^[6]

She also managed to win two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, firstly winning the F32 club throw in a new world record distance of 26.93 meters, and again beating Mounia Gasmi who had to settle for silver medal again,^[7] then eight days later she won the F32 shot put throwing 5.76 meters^[8] which was a new Paralympic record, her nearest opponent was over a meter behind.^[9]

• Women's Club Throw - F31/32/51
• Women's Shot Put - F32/33/34
• Women's Club throw F32
• Women's Shot put F32