Hatem Ghoula (; born 7 June 1973) 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).
Ghoula was born in Paris, France. 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.Area Outdoor Records - Men - Africa - IAAF.org
International competitions Representing 1992Arab Junior ChampionshipsLatakia, Syria2nd10,000 m49:471993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany32nd20 km1:33:241994Jeux de la Francophonie Bondoufle, France4th20 km1:28:571995Arab ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt1st20 km1:37:50World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden30th20 km1:32:171996African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 1st20 km1:29:48Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States33rd20 km1:25:521997Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 3rd20 km1:25:36World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece9th20 km1:23:49Jeux de la Francophonie Antananarivo, Madagascar 1st20 km1:26:391998African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st20 km1:31:281999World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France15th20 km1:23:46Pan Arab Games Irbid, Jordan 1st20 km1:40:01World Championships Seville, Spain16th20 km1:28:36All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa –20 kmDQ2000African Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st20 km1:25:38Olympic Games Sydney, Australia36th20 km1:28:162001Jeux de la Francophonie Ottawa, Canada 1st20 km1:22:56World Championships Edmonton, Canada10th20 km1:23:14Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 1st20 km1:26:432002World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy9th20 km1:23:49African Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st20 km1:26:422003World ChampionshipsParis, France14th20 km1:21:12All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 1st20 km1:30:322004World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain41st20 km1:24:56Olympic Games Athens, Greece11th20 km1:22:59Pan Arab Games Algiers, Algeria 1st20,000 m1:28:34.192005Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain –20 kmDQWorld Championships Helsinki, Finland5th20 km1:20:192006World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain4th20 km1:19:36African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 2nd20 km1:25:022007All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1st20 km1:22:33World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 3rd20 km1:22:402008World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia11th20 km1:19:54Olympic GamesBeijing, China27th20 km1:23:442013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia27th20 km1:25:412016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa6th20 km1:25:54
See also List of champions of the African Athletics Championships
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