Hillal Metidji (Arabic: هلال متيجي, born January 21, 1992) is an Algerian artistic gymnast. He is the 2019 African Games champion as well as the 2014 and 2016 African champion.
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| Full name | Hillal Metidji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Gualliano Chichi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 21, 1992 Boufarik, Algeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2009–present (ALG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Nacer Eddine Aroussi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editMetidji was born in Boufarik, Algeria in 1992.[1]
Gymnastics career
edit2011–2013
editMetidji competed at the 2011 Arab Games where he helped Algeria finish third; individually he finished third in the all-around behind Egyptians Mohamed El-Saharty and Ashraf Mostafa.[2] In 2012 Metidji competed at his first. senior level African Championships, helping Algeria finish second behind Egypt.[3]
2014–2016
editAt the 2014 African Championships Metidji helped Algeria place first as team. Additionally, he also won gold in the all-around ahead of Mohamed El-Saharty and compatriot Mohamed Bourguieg.[4] The following year he competed at the 2015 African Games, once again helping Algeria win gold as a team. Individually he won silver on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse. At the 2016 African Championships Metidji defended his all-around title.[5]
2017–2019
editAt the 2018 African Championships Metidji helped Algeria place first as a team for the third consecutive time. However, he was unable to defend his all-around title and placed second behind Omar Mohamed.[6] At the 2019 African Games Metidji won the all-around competition as well as helped Algeria place first as a team.[7]
2021–2023
editMetidji competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and qualified to the all-around final; however, he later withdrew due to a minor injury.[8][1] He returned to competition for the 2022 African Championships where he won bronze in the all-around and helped Algeria finish second behind Egypt. In doing so, he earned an individual berth to compete at the 2022 World Championships.
At the 2023 African Championships Metidji once again won the bronze medal in the all-around.[9] He next competed at the 2023 Arab Games where he helped Algeria finish first as team. Individually he won gold on rings.[10]
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| World Championships | 64 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 159 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 43 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 118 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 115 | ||||||||
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| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | |
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| World Championships | 201 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | 10 | |||||||
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| World Championships | 151 | ||||||||
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| African Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | 9 | WD | ||||||
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| World Championships | 159 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 77 |
References
edit- ^ a b "FIG profile: Hillal Metidji". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Arab Games Doha 2011". Gymnastics Results.
- ^ "11th African Championships 2012". Gymnastics Results.
- ^ "Egypt on top of African Championships rankings". International Gymnastics Federation. April 1, 2014.
- ^ "13th African Championships 2016". Gymnastics Results.
- ^ "2018 African Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Eke hopes to write history at African Championships". International Gymnastics Federation. May 21, 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics - Artistic Men's all-around qualification results" (PDF). Oran 2022.
- ^ "2023 African Championships men's results". The Gymternet. May 27, 2023.
- ^ "أوكالي وهلال متيجي يهديان الجزائر الذهب" [Okali and Hilal Mitiji give Algeria gold]. Ennahar (in Arabic). July 9, 2023.