Housseyn Fardjallah

Housseyn Fardjallah

Personal information
Full name	Housseyn Fardjallah
Born	(1993-01-16)16 January 1993
Died	20 November 2016(2016-11-20) (aged 23)
Weight	76.15 kg (167.9 lb)
Sport
Country	Algeria
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	77 kg
Team	National team
Updated on 18 October 2016

Housseyn Fardjallah (16 January 1993 – 20 November 2016) was an Algerian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Algeria at international competitions.

As a junior, he competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the boys' 69 kg event. He participated at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in the 77 kg event.[1] He won the bronze medal at the 2015 African Games.[2] He won the silver medal at the 2016 African Weightlifting Championships after finishing first in the snatch (150 kg) and second in the clean & jerk (185 kg).

Fardjallah died on 20 November 2016 in a traffic collision at age 23.[3]

Major competitions

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Mediterranean Games
2013	Mersin, Turkey	77 kg	140	143	147	—	170	176	180	—	323	4
African Games
2015	Brazzaville, Congo	85 kg	140	145	145	4	170	174	175	4	314

References

1. "Weightlifting at the 2013 Mediterranean Games - Housseyn Fardjallah". Iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
2. "2015 African Games - Housseyn Fardjallah". Iwf.net. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
3. "Algérie Presse Service - Décès de l'haltérophile international algérien Housseyn Fardjallah". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2020-01-17.