Abdelkarim Fergat Explained
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 60kg 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 60kg 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
Notes and References
- News: Pavitt . Michael . 8 February 2020 . Fergat reclaims African Wrestling Championships title in Algiers . InsideTheGames.biz . . live . 18 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200311201730/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090297/african-wrestling-championships-seniors . 11 March 2020.
- Web site: 2018 World Wrestling Championships Results . unitedworldwrestling.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf . 14 April 2020 . 14 April 2020.
- Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results . unitedworldwrestling.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf . 12 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
- News: Iveson . Ali . 13 December 2020 . Russians dominate Greco-Roman competition at UWW Individual World Cup . InsideTheGames.biz . . live . 14 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201214012755/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101980/uww-individual-world-cup-vlasov . 14 December 2020.
- Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf . 18 December 2020 . 18 December 2020 . unitedworldwrestling.org . United World Wrestling.
- News: 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 . . 3 April 2021.
- Web site: 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf . 5 May 2021 . 5 May 2021 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Web site: 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
- News: Brennan . Eliott . 21 May 2022 . Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships . . 23 May 2022.
- Web site: 2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.