Tunisian swimming recently came into the limelight following the Olympic Champion Oussama Mellouli’s gold medal in Rome.
Oussema Mellouli is also the first Tunisian sportsman to give Tunisia 2 gold medals in such prestigious events 40 years after Mohamed Gammoudi won gold in Mexico in the 5000 athletic race.
In confirmation of the good results recently obtained by Mellouli and other Tunisian swimmers, a Tunisian team won the Maghreb Youth Swimming Championship, which took place from November 6 to 8, 2009 on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the November 7, Change. With 112 medals, (51 gold, 34 silver and 27 bronze) Tunisia ranked first in the general standings.



As part of the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Change, the Tunisian Motorcycle Federation and Related Disciplines is organizing an international event of motorcycles and quads dubbed “2009 Enduro Carthage “. The event will take place on November 7, 2009 between t Raoued and Gammarth, North Tunisia.
The Tunisian Taekwondo Federation has organized for the first time in Tunisia and in the African continent a regional Taekwondo Tournament.