Ktila helped the 12-strong Tunisian team in Lyon finish 10th on the medals table, just one spot behind Algeria, who were the top African finisher at the Championships.

Tunisia’s Walid Ktila was voted the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month for July after winning gold in all four of his events at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

Ktila, who turned 28 years old during the Championships, swept his T34 events, taking the titles across the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m distances.

Ktila helped the 12-strong Tunisian team in Lyon finish 10th on the medals table, just one spot behind Algeria, who were the top African finisher at the Championships.

In total, Tunisia brought home 15 medals from the event, including eight golds, half of them won by Ktila.

He can now add his success in Lyon to his two Paralympic titles from London 2012, which happened to be his Games debut.

Ktila actually trains with T54 racers and looks up to Swiss wheelchair racing legend Heinz Frei for inspiration, and after his top performances in Lyon he is now expected to be one of the top stars on the athletics circuit in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The four-time world champion garnered 46 per cent of the public’s vote to win the monthly accolade, with Canadian T53 wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos finishing second in the poll with 27 per cent of the vote.

French sprinter Mandy Francois-Elie, Brazilian double-amputee Alan Fonteles Oliveira and American wheelchair racers Raymond Martin and Tatyana McFadden were also up for the award.

Nominations for IPC Athlete of the Month are compiled from submissions by National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) and International Federations (IFs).