Career
He is a six-time Paralympiclympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled team based at Gabes. Abderrahim born on 26 September 1985 in Gabes. He started the sport in 1996 aged 11, but his visual impairment was an obstacle in front of his goal to be a professional basketball player.
Two years later, he joined the Tunisian Federation of Sports for the Disabled team based at Gabes.
The international debut of Abderrahim was in an international tournament in Morocco, in 2002. Spain"s Abel Avila seemed to have everything in control, taking the lead from the start and holding it until halfway into the second lap when Lazaro Raschid Aguilar of Cuba overtook and sped official
Aguilar settled for silver with 1:52.40, and Odair Santos of Brazil took the bronze by finishing 1:53.73. Avila finished fourth with 1:55.17.
In the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Abderrahim became the owner of the IPC world records in 1500m T13 event with a timing of 3:48.31.