The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Tunisia
This page contains a list of the greatest Tunisian Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,027 Wrestlers, 1 of which were born in Tunisia. This makes Tunisia the birth place of the 70th most number of Wrestlers behind Dominican Republic, and Angola.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tunisian Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Tunisian Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Marwa Amri (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 27.57, Marwa Amri is the most famous Tunisian Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Marwa Al-Amri (Arabic: مروى العامري, born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
2. Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 0.00, Nihel Cheikh Rouhou is the 2nd most famous Tunisian Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá in the first round before losing to Kim Na-Young. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Maria Suelen Altheman. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event. In June 2021, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Tunisian wrestlers born between 1987 and 1989. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Tunisian wrestlers include Marwa Amri, and Nihel Cheikh Rouhou. As of April 2024, 1 new Tunisian wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Nihel Cheikh Rouhou.
