Mellouli finished in Mellouli began transitioning from pool swimming to open water competition after He earned a bronze medal in the meter freestyle to go with his marathon gold in Four years later in Rio de Janeiro, he finished 12th in the 10K, his only event. He first competed in the Sydney Olympics at age The gold winner that year? Michael Phelps. After finishing fifth in the IM at the Olympics in Athens, Mellouli said his feelings of disappointment helped fuel him towards the Beijing Games in Luckily, saw Mellouli take home his first gold medal in the 1,meter freestyle, becoming the first Tunisian — and first African — to win a gold in swimming at the Olympics.
Much of that pressure comes from more than adding another medal to his accolades or simply competing for his country. In early , Tunisia underwent a revolution that resulted in the ousting of longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
With the resulting overhaul and democratization of Tunisia, Mellouli felt an even greater calling to represent his country. At the London Olympics in , Oussama Mellouli took gold in the 10K open water marathon and bronze in the 1,meter freestyle. Hichem Djait Historian. Marwa Amri Amateur Wrestler. Mourad El Mabrouk Basketball Player. Sofiane Labidi Athletics Competitor. Famous Birthdays February Isabel Castell Model. Nicolas Gavory Association Football Player.
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Michael McGlynn South Africa, 21 Hau-Li Fan Canada, 23 Jordan Wilimovsky USA, 27 Rob Muffels Germany, 26 Kai Graeme Edwards Australia, 22 Taishin Minamide Japan, 25 Mario Sanzullo Italy, 28 David Farinango Ecuador, 20 Phillip Seidler Namibia, 23 Daniel Delgadillo Mexico, 31 Alberto Martinez Spain, 23 Kirill Abrosimov Russian Olympic Committee, 29 Ous Mellouli Tunisia, 37 Vitaliy Khudyakov Kazakhstan, 26 William Yan Thorley Hong Kong, 18 Tiago Campos Portugal, 22 Matej Kozubek Czech Republic, 25 Oussama Mellouli has proven himself to be one of the most versatile, powerful, graceful swimmers in the open water since Johnny Weissmuller in the s.
Similar to the famed Tarzan of yesteryear, Mellouli has demonstrated his speed, strength and stamina in both the pool and open water. A gold and bronze medalist in the m in the pool in London and Beijing, the personable multi-lingual Tunisian was even more heroic in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Hyde Park.
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