Fateh Benferdjallah

Fateh Benferdjallah (born 15 April 2001)^[1] is an Algerian freestyle wrestler. He represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg event.^[2] In the final, he lost against Ayoub Barraj of Tunisia.

Fateh Benferdjallah

Benferdjallah at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-15) 15 April 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Country	Algeria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Algeria African Games 2019 Rabat 86 kg African Championships 2022 El Jadida 86 kg 2023 Hammamet 86 kg 2019 Hammamet 79 kg 2020 Algiers 86 kg Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires 80 kg

Career

In 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' freestyle 80 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

At the 2019 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia, he won the silver medal in the 79 kg event.^[3] In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the 86 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.^[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 86 kg event where he was eliminated in his first match by Stefan Reichmuth of Switzerland.^[8]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.^[9][10] He lost his bronze medal match in the 86 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[11]

He competed in the men's freestyle 86 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[12]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2019	African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	2nd	Freestyle 79 kg
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	2nd	Freestyle 86 kg
2020	African Wrestling Championships	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	Freestyle 86 kg
2022	African Wrestling Championships	El Jadida, Morocco	1st	Freestyle 86 kg
2023	African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	1st	Freestyle 86 kg

References

1. "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
2. "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
3. Etchells, Daniel (31 March 2019). "Tunisia claim freestyle team title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
4. Pavitt, Michael (9 February 2020). "Kherbache delivers home success on final day of African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
5. "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
6. Shefferd, Neil (4 April 2021). "Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
7. "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
8. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
9. Berkeley, Geoff (22 May 2022). "Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
10. "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
11. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
12. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• Fateh Benferdjallah at United World Wrestling
• Fateh Benferdjallah at the International Wrestling Database
• Fateh Benferdjallah at Olympics.com
• Fateh Benferdjallah at Olympedia (archive)