Mohamed Abdelfattah ( ar, محمد عبد الفتاح, born February 4, 1978 in
Suez
Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boun ...
,
Egypt
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), commonly known by his nickname "Bogy" ( ar, بوجى), is an Egyptian Olympic
Greco-Roman wrestler
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who competed in 76 kg, 84 kg, and 96 kg weight class. He is a 2006 world champion, 3 time World Medalist, and 3 time Olympian who is best known for his technique, creativity, strength, and his powerful and accurate scoring ability. After retiring as a player, Bogy became coach of Sweden National Team, and in his first season 2009 he successfully guided
Jimmy Lidberg
Jimmy Lidberg (born 13 April 1982) is a retired Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and won several World and European Championship medals as well.
Biography
Lidberg grew up in Farsta and on Södermalm in Stockholm a ...
to win a silver medal and
Jalmar Sjöberg to win a bronze medal in the 2009 world championship in Denmark.
After 2004 Athens Olympic games Bogy was a resident athlete at the
United States Olympic Training Center
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work close with coach Jakob Panotas part of usa team under the Special Athletes Program for individuals with extraordinary ability and achievement. He won a gold medal in
2006 World Wrestling Championships
The 2006 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China. The event took place from September 25 to October 1, 2006.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's fre ...
the same year the United States Greco-Roman team was second tied with Russia. The following year, The United States Greco-Roman team went on to win the 2007 world championship in Azerbaijan for the first time in history for the United states Wrestling. After proving he had a great talent in the sport of wrestling not just as an athlete but as a Coach USA Wrestling announced Bogy would join the USA Greco-Roman technical coach.
As a Coach, bogy won 6 trophies in the first four years of his coaching career. He is one of the most successful coaches in the world and is considered by a number of Wrestlers, Coaches and commentators to be one of the best coach in the world.
Early life
Bogy was born in Suez. He is the elder of four children—four boys. His Father was a Soccer Coach who has dedicated his entire life to athletic excellence and discipline. Bogy started wrestling at the age of Six at the Elsamad Club in Suez. his Father friend was the coach of Elsamad Wrestling Club He spotted Bogy Watching professional Wrestling and imitating move, he asked him if he would want to come to practice he did and notice all of His neighborhood friends all wrestling in same club.
In 1995, he was spotted by Yehia Kazarian, then head coach of the Egyptian national Graeco Roman team. Kazarian found in Bogy everything he had been looking for: his height, his build, his skills, all promised a world and Olympic champion. Bogy joined the national team that same year.
2011 World Championship
Mohamed AbdelFatah ambitions
Ranked fifth in 96kg category, the Egyptian Mohamed AbdelFattah is the only African who succeeded to get its qualification ticket for the 2012 Olympic games. He will be aiming for the podium. This is what he clearly stated in Al–Ahram-hebdo: “After several injuries it was very difficult to come back into the game, I did not want only to qualify for the Olympic Games, my aim is to take a medal and hopefully gold. My actual level allows me to attain that objective”. As a reminder, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah was the 2006 world champion and several other international and golden Grand Prix medals.
2000 Olympics
2004 Olympics
Pool 2
Major international achievements
* 2012 Summer Olympics - 13th - 2012
* World Championship in
Istanbul
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- 5th - 2011
* Golden Grand Prix in
Tbilisi
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- Bronze - 2011
* Golden Grand Prix Final in
Baku
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- Silver - 2010
* African Championships in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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- Gold - 2010
* Mediterranean Games in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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- Gold - 2010
* World Championship in
Guangzhou
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,
China
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Gold - 2006
* Mediterranean Games in Almeria - Gold - 2005
* David Cup in the USA - Gold - 2005
* All Arab Games in Algeria - Gold - 2004
* Grand Prix
Hungary
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- Gold - 2004
* Poland Open - 4th - 2003
* World Cup in Cairo - Gold - 2002
* World Championship in
Moscow
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- Bronze - 2002
* Diamond Championship in
Germany
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- Gold - 2002
* Ibraheem Mostafa in Alexandria - Gold - 2002
* Africa Championship in Cairo - Gold - 2002
* World Cup in France - Gold - 2001
* Ibraheem Mostafa in Cairo - Gold - 2001
* Mediterranea Games in Tunisia - Gold - 2001
* Russia Open in Moscow - 5th - 2001
* Africa Championship in Morocco - Gold - 2001
* Arab Championship in Syria - Gold - 2001
* Austria Open - Gold - 2001
* 2000 Summer Olympics - 8th - 2000
* Russia Open in Mosccow - 5th - 2000
* African Championship in Tunisia - Gold - 2000
* Grand prix in Alexandria - Gold - 2000
* Grand prix Final in Italy - Bronze - 2000
* France Open in France - Bronze - 2000
* African Games in
South Africa
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(Freestyle) - Gold - 1999
* African Games in
South Africa
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- Gold - 1999
* Arab Games in Jordan - Gold - 1999
* King's Championship in
Jordan
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- Gold - 1999
* Junior World Championship in Cairo - Silver - 1998
* African Nations in Cairo - Gold - 1998
* Arab Junior Cup in
Syria
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- Gold - 1997
* Arab Junior Cup in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
- Gold - 1996
External links and references
*
Profile at FILA Wrestling Database* https://web.archive.org/web/20170915234721/http://mohamedbogy.com/
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1978 births
Olympic wrestlers of Egypt
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Egyptian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games