Abdelkarim Fergat

Abdelkarim Fergat

Personal information
Nationality	Algerian
Born	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Country	Algeria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	55 kg
Event	Greco-Roman
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Algeria African Games 2023 Accra 60 kg African Championships 2018 Port Harcourt 55 kg 2019 Hammamet 55 kg 2020 Algiers 55 kg 2022 El Jadida 63 kg Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 55 kg

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.^[1] He also competed at the World Wrestling Championships both in 2018, 2019 and 2022.^[2][3]

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.^[4][5] He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[6][7] He competed in the men's 60 kg event where he lost his first match against Kenichiro Fumita of Japan.^[8] He also lost his next match in the repechage against Walihan Sailike of China.^[8] Both of his opponents went on to win a medal in the competition.^[8]

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.^[9] He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.^[10][11]

Fergat competed in the 60 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[12] He was eliminated in his first match by Mehdi Mohsennejad of Iran.^[12]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
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

1. 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.
2. "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
3. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. 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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. Brennan, Eliott (21 May 2022). "Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
11. "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.
12. "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