Mohamed Abdelfatah (wrestler)
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| Born | 4 February 1978 Suez, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Police Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yehia Kazarian. 2006-2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohamed Abdelfatah (Arabic: محمد عبد الفتاح, born February 4, 1978 in Suez, Egypt), commonly known by his nickname "Bogy" (Arabic: بوجى), is a retired Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He competed in the 76 kg, 84 kg, and 96 kg weight classes.
Abdelfatah won the gold medal at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou, China, in the 84 kg division. He also won a bronze medal at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, and a silver medal at the 1998 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Along with Mostafa Hamid, who won a world title in 1954, Abdelfatah is one of only two Egyptian wrestlers to have won a senior world championship.
He represented Egypt at three Olympic Games: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and London 2012. In 2007, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, which prevented him from qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
After retiring from competition, Abdelfatah began a coaching career. In 2009, he became coach of the Swedish national Greco-Roman wrestling team. In his first season, he guided Jimmy Lidbergto to a silver medal and Jalmar Sjöberg to a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship in Denmark.
In 2010, he served as a technical coach for the United States Greco-Roman team. From 2013 to 2017, he worked as an assistant coach at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, under Olympic champion coach Momir Petkovic.
In 2015, Abdelfatah contributed to the development of wrestling in Bahrain and won a bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Thailand.
From 2017 to 2022, he served as head coach at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and as a national coach for USA Wrestling. In 2023, he started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina, (UNC). During the 2023 NCAA season, Austin O'Connor won his second NCAA national title, and two wrestlers earned All-American honors.
Abdelfatah also serves as a coach educator for United World Wrestling, contributing to the development of international coaching programs.