Riders Raef KCHAW and Ahmed Arselan DAKHLAOUI won Tunisia the team gold medal in endurance on Friday 19 December 2025 at the African Youth Games held in Angola.

In the individual rankings, rider Raef KCHAW won the silver medal and rider Ahmed Arselan DAKHLAOUI won the bronze medal.

Congratulations to the technical staff, Mr Fares JEMAI, for his technical and psychological support for the team.

Congratulations to the sports associations and the riders' parents, without whose sacrifice these results would never have been achieved.

The Tunisian Equestrian Sports Federation, while applauding the team for this great success, congratulates them on this performance, which marks a new achievement for Tunisian equestrianism, dominating its African competitors and confirming its rise to prominence on the international scene.

 All photos of the event, from the delegation's departure to their return home on 22 December 2025, are published at the following link:https://ftse.org.tn/en/mlibrary/pictures/african-youth-games-in-angola-2025

The National Endurance Team travelled to Angola to participate in the African Youth Games, which took place from 10 to 20 December 2025.

 The team members are:

•  Athlete: Raef KCHAW
• Athlete: Ahmed Arselan DAKHLAOUI

and Technical Staff: Fares JEMAI

 Good luck!

The Junior World Championship of Endurance in Buftea, Romania, revealed its results, placing the Tunisian team in 6th place out of 22 participating teams and nine ranked nations. Tunisia honored the African continent and the Arab world by being the only participating team to achieve a ranking.

This is a very satisfying result, with athletic performances recorded for the first time at the national and international level by the pairing of rider Ayoub Aloui and horse IBN Al Maury (Aziz Association), with an average speed of 19.3 km/h, never before recorded even in his races in Tunisia (national and international).

Out of 84 starters, the individual results of our pairs were as follows:

- Rider Ayoub Aloui and horse IBN Al Maury ranked 19th with an average speed of 19.3 km/h.

- Rider Haithem ROUISSI with the horse EMIR EL ARZ ranked 34th with an average speed of 15.48 km/h.

- Rider Youssef JAWADI with the mare INAYET ranked 35th with an average speed of 15.48 km/h.

- Rider Mohamed BAATOUT with the mare KINCHASSA FRIDA, eliminated on the 4th loop due to lameness.

Despite the difficulties encountered before the start, with a significant delay in the delivery of the team's visas, resulting in their arrival just in time to participate, and the lack of national sponsors, forcing parents, associations, and the Tunisian Equestrian Sports Federation to dip into their own budgets to participate.

Congratulations to the entire team and delegation.

After 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023, Tunisia is making its fifth appearance at the Junior World Championships, which will be held in Buftea, Romania.

The team is represented by:

- Rider Ayoub ALOUI with the horse IBN AL MAURY.

- Rider Mohamed BAATOUT with the mare KINCHASSA FRIDA.

- Rider Youssef JAWADI with the mare INAYET.

- Rider Haithem ROUISSI with the horse EMIR EL ARZ.

After placing 7th and twice 4th in the team rankings at the last championships, the goal of this participation is to reach the podium.

Good luck!

The Tunisian National Olympic Committee held a ceremony to honor the winners of the African School Games, including our young talents from the jumping and endurance teams. The President of the Tunisian National Olympic Committee, Mahrez Boussaian, and the Director General of Sports, Ihsane Zoug, emphasized the importance of this participation, which resulted in exceptional results, paving the way for a promising future for these young people, starting with the African Youth Games.

Yet another success for the Tunisian endurance discipline on the world level after Tunisian rider Rayan Louhichi placed 21st at the World Championship for Young Horses in Jullianges, France.

Tunisian bloodlines once again prevailed, with the courageous horse Karawene Carthage from the Haras of Bejaoua completing a 120km course on extremely demanding and technical terrain, resulting in the elimination of more than 60% of the competitors from 25 nations.

This result would not have been achieved without a strong, united, and technical team that supported Rayan and Karawene Carthage, who finished the race with an average speed of 17.9 km/h and a final-phase speed of 21.2 km/h.

Congratulations again to the entire team and good luck.

On August 2, 2025, the first African School Games, Algeria 2025, concluded, with Tunisian equestrianism winning:

- A Silver Medal won by young rider Salima Talmoudi in the individual jumping competition.

- A Silver Medal in the team endurance competition.

- A Bronze Medal in the team show jumping competition.

Congratulations to all the riders and their technical staff. And good luck for the upcoming international events.

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The First African School Games, Algeria 2025

Tunisia is participating in the First African School Games, Algeria 2025, which will be held in Constantine. A national team of eight riders will compete in the show jumping and endurance events. They are:

Jumping Team

Sofian Salem Dridi, Rider

Karam Darwish, Rider

Salima Talmoudi, Rider

Amin Zouari, Rider

Endurance Team

Raif Kchaou, Rider

Alaa Hamami, Rider

Haitham Rouissi, Rider

Rowa Nahdi, Rider

Technical Staff

Anis Salami (Jumping)

Fares Jmii (Endurance)

All encouragement and success to our national team. We thank the National Olympic Committee for its support of equestrian sports.

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