(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 21) Métlaoui, Tunisia
Height
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight
84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
College team
Indiana University
Coach
Jobrane Touili (2018–2021)
Mark Schubert (Since 2023)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Tunisia
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
1
0
0
World Championships (LC)
2
1
0
World Championships (SC)
0
1
0
African Championships
0
1
3
Total
3
3
3
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
400 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2023 Fukuoka
800 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka
1500 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka
400 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2021 Abu Dhabi
1500 m freestyle
African Championships
2018 Algiers
4×200 m freestyle
2018 Algiers
800 m freestyle
2018 Algiers
1500 m freestyle
2018 Algiers
4×100 m freestyle
Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui (Arabic: أحمد أيوب حفناوي[romanization needed]; born 4 December 2002) is a Tunisian swimmer. He is the African record holder in the long course 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle, and the short course 800-metre and 1500-metre freestyle events.[2][3] He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal in the men's 400-metre freestyle.[4] He ranked No. 16 in the world and was the slowest qualifier for the final race but won Olympic gold with a time of 3:43.36.[5] Hafnaoui was the only Tunisian to win Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020.[6][7]
He finished 8th in the final of the 400 m freestyle at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[8]
Hafnaoui competed as a 16-year-old at the 2018 World Championships (SC) in the 400 meters, and the 1500 meters, but failed to make the final in either events. In 2021, Fina had him ranked as No. 3 in the men's 400 meter freestyle.[9] At the age of 20, Hafnaoui competed at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, and took gold in the 800 m freestyle, as well as also winning gold for the 1500 m freestyle with the second-fastest 1500 free time in history of 14:31.54.[10]
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^"Swimming HAFNAOUI Ahmed". Tokyo 2020. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^"Slowest to qualify, Tunisian Hafnaoui wins Olympic swimming gold". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^Kennedy, Merrit (25 July 2021). "A Young Tunisian Shocks The Swimming Field To Win Olympic Gold". NPR. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^"Tunisia wins Africa's 1st gold Olympic medal". The African Mirror. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^Stubbs, Roman (25 July 2021). "Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui's gold medal surprised him, too". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^"fina.org | Official FINA Website". FINA – Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^Li, Yanyan (30 July 2023). "Ahmed Hafnaoui And Bobby Finke Become Second And Third-Fastest 1500 Freestylers Ever". SwimSwam. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui (Arabic: أحمد أيوب حفناوي[romanization needed]; born 4 December 2002) is a Tunisian swimmer. He is the African record holder in the...
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