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 ...

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), commonly known by his nickname "Bogy" ( ar, بوجى), is an Egyptian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler 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 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

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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

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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

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- 5th - 2011 * Golden Grand Prix in

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- Bronze - 2011 * Golden Grand Prix Final in

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- Silver - 2010 * African Championships in

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- Gold - 2010 * Mediterranean Games in

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- Gold - 2010 * World Championship in

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, China Gold - 2006 * Mediterranean Games in Almeria - Gold - 2005 * David Cup in the USA - Gold - 2005 * All Arab Games in Algeria - Gold - 2004 * Grand Prix

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- Gold - 2004 * Poland Open - 4th - 2003 * World Cup in Cairo - Gold - 2002 * World Championship in

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- Bronze - 2002 * Diamond Championship in

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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

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(Freestyle) - Gold - 1999 * African Games in

- Gold - 1999 * Arab Games in Jordan - Gold - 1999 * King's Championship in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

- Gold - 1999 * Junior World Championship in Cairo - Silver - 1998 * African Nations in Cairo - Gold - 1998 * Arab Junior Cup in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

- Gold - 1997 * Arab Junior Cup in

- Gold - 1996

External links and references

*
Profile at FILA Wrestling Database
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170915234721/http://mohamedbogy.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdelfatah, Mohamed 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