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Nationality | Algerian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Algeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 55 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abdelkarim Fergat (Arabic: عبد الكريم فرقات, born 2 March 1994) is an Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a four-time gold medalist in his event at the African Wrestling Championships. He also competed at the World Wrestling Championships both in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
Career
In 2020, Fergat won one of the bronze medals in the men's 55 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 60 kg event where he lost his first match against Kenichiro Fumita of Japan. He also lost his next match in the repechage against Walihan Sailike of China. Both of his opponents went on to win a medal in the competition.
In 2022, Fergat won one of the bronze medals in the 60 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.
Fergat competed in the 60 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his first match by Mehdi Mohsennejad of Iran.
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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2018 | African Wrestling Championships | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 1st | Greco-Roman 55 kg |
2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 1st | Greco-Roman 55 kg |
2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | Greco-Roman 55 kg |
2022 | African Wrestling Championships | El Jadida, Morocco | 1st | Greco-Roman 63 kg |
2024 | African Games | Accra, Ghana | 3rd | Greco-Roman 60 kg |
References
- Pavitt, Michael (8 February 2020). "Fergat reclaims African Wrestling Championships title in Algiers". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Iveson, Ali (13 December 2020). "Russians dominate Greco-Roman competition at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- Shefferd, Neil (2 April 2021). "Host nation Tunisia claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on first day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- "2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- Brennan, Eliott (21 May 2022). "Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
- Abdelkarim Fergat at United World Wrestling
- Abdelkarim Fergat at the International Wrestling Database
- Abdelkarim Fergat at Olympics.com
- Abdelkarim Fergat at Olympedia (archive)
- Abdelkarim Fergat on Instagram
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Algerian male sport wrestlers
- African Wrestling Championships medalists
- Olympic wrestlers for Algeria
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Algeria
- Islamic Solidarity Games wrestlers
- Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- African Games medalists in wrestling
- African Games bronze medalists for Algeria
- Competitors at the 2023 African Games
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen