Mounir Jelili

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMounir•Al-Jelili
Used nameMounir•Jelili
Original nameمنير•الجلیلی
Born11 June 1949
Died24 January 2023 in Tunis, Tunis (TUN)
Measurements184 cm / 87 kg
AffiliationsEspérance ST, Tunis (TUN)
NOC Tunisia

Biography

Mounir Jelili was a Tunisian handball player who represented Espérance ST and the national team during the 1960s and 1970s. With Espérance ST he won nine national championships and seven national cups.

Jelili competed at the 1967 World Championships in Sweden where he was the youngest player in the tournament. He was part of the national team that won the inaugural African Nations Championship in 1974. Jelili played for Tunisia at the 1972 München Olympics and the 1976 Montréal Olympics. In 1977 he was named as the Tunisian sportsman of the year.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1972 Summer Olympics Handball TUN Mounir Jelili
Handball, Men (Olympic) Tunisia 16
1976 Summer Olympics Handball TUN Mounir Jelili
Handball, Men (Olympic) Tunisia 12

Olympic family relations