Tunisia at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | TUN |
NOC | Tunisian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 72nd |
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Summer appearances | |
Tunisia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics and has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
Tunisian athletes have won a total of 15 medals, including four by the great long-distance runner Mohammed Gammoudi in men's athletics, four in men's swimming three by long-distance swimmer Oussama Mellouli and one by Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui, two in men's boxing, one in women's athletics, one in women's fencing and two in men's taekwondo.
The National Olympic Committee for Tunisia was created in 1957.