Career
Abdelfatah(Bogy) represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He won his division at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Guangzhou, China (84 kg class), beating 2004 Olympic gold medalist Alexei Mishin from Russia in the quarter-finals, and Nazmi Avluca from Turkey in the final.
In the Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Abdelfatah finished in 8th place. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg class, he contested the result of his fight in the knock out round and was later disqualified. After taking a break for several years because of a knee injury, Abdelfatah started to compete again. In 2010 Mohamed Abdelfatah moved up to 96 kg winning the Mediterranean Games and the African championship. In 2011 he won the silver medal in the Golden Grand Prix in Baku. He also placed third in the Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi 2011.
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