Hatem Ghoula

Hatem Ghoula

Personal information
Native name	حاتم غولة
Birth name	Hatem Ghoula
Born	(1973-06-07) June 7, 1973 Paris, France
Residence	Tunis, Tunisia
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Tunisia World Championships 2007 Osaka 20 km walk

Hatem Ghoula (Arabic: حاتم غولة‎‎; born 7 June 1973 in Paris, France) is a Tunisian race walker. He won four consecutive African Championships in the 20 kilometres walk from 1996 to 2002. His foremost medal was a 20 km walk bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He is also a two-time gold medallist at the All-African Games, having won in 2003 and 2007 (the latter in a Games record time).

He has represented Tunisia at four Olympic Games (1996 to 2008), with his best performance of eleventh place coming in 2004. He competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics for eight straight editions from 1993 to 2007 and made his ninth appearance at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. At the IAAF World Race Walking Cup he has participated on five occasions and came close to a medal in 2006, finishing in fourth place.

He is a two-time gold medallist at the African Race Walking Championships and the Jeux de la Francophonie, and was the champion at the 2004 Arab Games and 2001 Mediterranean Games.

He holds the African records in racewalking for the distance of 20,000 metres on the track and 20 km walk on the road.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Tunisia
1992	Arab Junior Championships	Latakia, Syria	2nd	10,000 m	49:47
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	32nd	20 km	1:33:24
1995	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	20 km	1:37:50
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	30th	20 km	1:32:17
1996	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	1st	20 km	1:29:48
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	33rd	20 km	1:25:52
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	3rd	20 km	1:25:36
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	9th	20 km	1:23:49
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Antananarivo, Madagascar	1st	20 km	1:26:39
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	20 km	1:31:28
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	15th	20 km	1:23:46
	Pan Arab Games	Irbid, Jordan	1st	20 km	1:40:01
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	16th	20 km	1:28:36
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	–	20 km	DQ
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	20 km	1:25:38
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	36th	20 km	1:28:16
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Canada	1st	20 km	1:22:56
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	10th	20 km	1:23:14
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st	20 km	1:26:43
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	9th	20 km	1:23:49
	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	20 km	1:26:42
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	14th	20 km	1:21:12
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	20 km	1:30:32
2004	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	41st	20 km	1:24:56
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th	20 km	1:22:59
	Pan Arab Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	20,000 m	1:28:34.19
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	–	20 km	DQ
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	20 km	1:20:19
2006	World Race Walking Cup	La Coruña, Spain	4th	20 km	1:19:36
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	20 km	1:25:02
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	20 km	1:22:33
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	20 km	1:22:40
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	11th	20 km	1:19:54
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	27th	20 km	1:23:44
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	27th	20 km	1:25:41

See also

• List of champions of the African Athletics Championships

References

• Hatem Ghoula profile at IAAF
• sports-reference