Mohamed Sofiane Boudjadja (born 8 November 1983) is an Algerian

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He competed in the men's singles event at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. Mohamed started his international career in 1998 when he was a junior. In 2001, he became Vice Champion of Africa in the hope category. He made his senior team debut and won an individual bronze medal at the 2002 Arab Championships in Jordan. He then established himself as an integral member of the Algerian national senior team. He participated in six

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between 2003 and 2010. He notably distinguished himself at the

African Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

. He has participated in all editions since 2003, i.e. five times. At the 2003, 2007, and 2011 editions, taking place successively in Nigeria, Algeria, and Mozambique, he won bronze medal in the team event. Along with Sami Kherouf, Boudjadja won the men's doubles title at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

in Rabat, Morocco. He won a bronze medal with the Algerian national team in 2004, during the

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hosted by Algeria. He obtained two additional bronze medals at the

2005 Islamic Solidarity Games The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8–20 April 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes. Only men's events were included on ...

, held in Saudi Arabia, in the team event and double event alongside his compatriot Fatah Ourahmoune.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudjadja, Mohamed 1983 births Living people Algerian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Algeria Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in table tennis Competitors at the 2019 African Games 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century Algerian people Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Algeria