Mohamed Abdelfatah
Medal record |
Competitor for Egypt |
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling |
Olympic Games |
Disqualified |
2004 Athens |
84 kg |
World Championships |
Gold |
2006 Guangzhou |
84 kg |
Bronze |
2002 Moscow |
84 kg |
World Juniors Championships |
Silver |
1998 Cairo |
76 kg |
World Cup |
Gold |
2002 Cairo |
84 kg |
Gold |
2001 Levallois |
85 kg |
Golden Grand Prix |
Bronze |
2011 Tbilisi |
96 kg |
Silver |
2010 Baku |
96 kg |
Gold |
2000 Alexandria |
84 kg |
Bronze |
2000 Italy |
84 kg |
Jeux Mediterranéens |
Gold |
2010 Istanbul |
96 kg |
Gold |
2005 Almeria |
85 kg |
Gold |
2001 Tunis |
85 kg |
African Championships |
Gold |
2010 Cairo |
96 kg |
Gold |
2002 Cairo |
84 kg |
Gold |
2001 Morocco |
84 kg |
Gold |
2000 Cairo |
84 kg |
Gold |
1998 Cairo |
76 kg |
All African Games |
Gold |
1999 Johannesburg |
84 kg Greco-Roman |
Gold |
1999 Johannesburg |
84 kg Freestyle wrestling |
Pan Arabian Games |
Gold |
2001 Syria |
84 kg |
Gold |
1999 Jordan |
84 kg |
Gold |
1997 Damascus |
83 kg |
Mohamed Abdelfatah (Arabic: محمد عبد الفتاح, born February 4, 1978 in Suez, Egypt), commonly known by his nickname "Bogy" (Arabic: بوجى), is an Egyptian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.
Career
Abdelfatah represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He won his division at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Guangzhou, China (84kg class), beating 2004 Olympic gold medalist Alexei Mishin from Russia in the quarter-finals, and Nazmi Avluca from Turkey in the final.
In the Men's Greco-Roman 85kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Abdelfatah finished in 8th place. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg class, he contested the result of his fight in the knock out round and was later disqualified. After taking a break for several years because of an knee injury, Abdelfatah started to compete again. In 2010 Mohamed Abdelfatah moved up to 96kg winning the Mediterranean Games and the African championship. In 2011 he won the silver medal in the Golden Grand Prix in Baku. He also placed third in the Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi 2011. His International coach and massage therapist is Jakob Panotas
2011 World Championship
Mohamed AbdelFattah ambitions Ranked fifth in 96 kg category, the Egyptian Mohamed AbdelFattah is the only African who succeeded to get its qualification ticket for the 2012 Olympic games. He will be aiming for the podium. This is what he clearly stated in Al –Ahram-hebdo: “after an interruption of more than two years unrealistic (suspended) and several injuries it was very difficult to come back into the game, but with his long time friend and coach Jakob Panotas helps me to this result and encourages me to do better. I did not want only to qualify for the Olympic Games, my aim is to take a medal and hopefully gold. My actual level allows me to attain that objective”. As a reminder, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah was the 2006 world champion and several other international and golden Grand Prix medals.
2000 Olympics
Wrestler |
W |
L |
CP |
TP |
Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) |
2 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
Mohamed Abdelfatah (EGY) |
1 |
1 |
5 |
15 |
Quincey Clark (USA) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Red |
Blue |
CP |
TP |
Quincey Clark |
Luis Enrique Méndez |
0-3 PO |
0-5 |
Mohamed Abdelfatah |
Quincey Clark |
4-0 ST |
12-0 |
Luis Enrique Méndez |
Mohamed Abdelfatah |
3-1 PP |
4-3 |
2004 Olympics
Pool 2
Knock-Out round
Viachaslau Makaranka (BLR)|2| Mohamed Abdelfatah (EGY) |0|
- Abdelfatah did not accept this result, because his been cheated by the referee, Egypt should pay $500 fee as FILA's request for the Objection and was disqualified due to the protest.
Major international achievements
- World Championship in Istanbul - 5th - 2011
- Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi - Bronze - 2011
- Golden Grand Prix Final in Baku - Silver - 2010
- African Championships in Cairo, Egypt - Gold - 2010
- Mediterranean Games in Istanbul, Turkey - Gold - 2010
- World Championship in Guangzhou, China Gold - 2006
- Mediterranean Games in Almeria - Gold - 2005
- David Cup in the USA - Gold - 2005
- All Arab Games in Algeria - Gold - 2004
- Grand Prix Hungary - Gold - 2004
- Poland Open - 4th - 2003
- World Cup in Cairo - Gold - 2002
- World Championship in Moscow - Bronze - 2002
- Diamond Championship in Germany - Gold - 2002
- Ibraheem Mostafa in Alexandria - Gold - 2002
- Africa Championship in Cairo - Gold - 2002
- World Cup in France - Gold - 2001
- Ibraheem Mostafa in Cairo - Gold - 2001
- Mediterranea Games in Tunisia - Gold - 2001
- Russia Open in Moscow - 5th - 2001
- Africa Championship in Morocco - Gold - 2001
- Arab Championship in Syria - Gold - 2001
- Austria Open - Gold - 2001
- 2000 Summer Olympics - 8th - 2000
- Russia Open in Mosccow - 5th - 2000
- African Championship in Tunisia - Gold - 2000
- Grand prix in Alexandria - Gold - 2000
- Grand prix Final in Italy - Bronze - 2000
- France Open in France - Bronze - 2000
- African Games in South Africa (Freestyle) - Gold - 1999
- African Games in South Africa - Gold - 1999
- Arab Games in Jordan - Gold - 1999
- King's Championship in Jordan - Gold - 1999
- Junior World Championship in Cairo - Silver - 1998
- African Nations in Cairo - Gold - 1998
- Arab Junior Cup in Syria - Gold - 1997
- Arab Junior Cup in Cairo - Gold - 1996
External links and references
Persondata |
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Abdelfatah, Mohamed |
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Short description |
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Date of birth |
February 4, 1978 |
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Date of death |
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