Career
His foremost medal was a 20 km walk bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. 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.
He holds the African records in racewalking for the distance of 20,000 metres on the track and 20 km walk on the road.