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Hillal Metidji - Wikipedia

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Hillal Metidji
هلال متيجي

Full name

Hillal Metidji

Nickname(s)

Gualliano
Chichi

Born

January 21, 1992 (age 32)
Boufarik, Algeria

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

Years on national team

2009–present (ALG)

Head coach(es)

Nacer Eddine Aroussi

Medal record

Representing Algeria

African Games
	2015 Brazzaville	Team
	2019 Rabat	Team
	2019 Rabat	All-around
	2019 Rabat	Parallel bars
	2015 Brazzaville	Parallel bars
	2019 Rabat	Horizontal bar
	2015 Brazzaville	Pommel horse
African Championships
	2014 Pretoria	Team
	2014 Pretoria	All-around
	2016 Algiers	Team
	2016 Algiers	All-around
	2018 Swakopmund	Team
	2018 Swakopmund	Parallel bars
	2012 Tunis	Team
	2016 Algiers	Pommel horse
	2016 Algiers	Parallel bars
	2018 Swakopmund	All-around
	2022 Cairo	Team
	2022 Cairo	Parallel bars
	2022 Cairo	Horizontal bar
	2023 Pretoria	Team
	2018 Swakopmund	Pommel horse
	2018 Swakopmund	Rings
	2022 Cairo	All-around
	2023 Pretoria	All-around
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2017 Baku	Parallel bars
Arab Games
	2023 Oran	Team
	2023 Oran	Rings
	2011 Doha	Team
	2011 Doha	All-around

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.

Personal life

Metidji was born in Boufarik, Algeria in 1992.^[1]

Gymnastics career

2011–2013

Metidji 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

At 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

At 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

Metidji 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

Year	Event	Team	AA	PH	VT
2009
2009	World Championships		64
2010
2010	World Championships		159
2011	Arab Games
2012
2012	African Championships
2013
2013	World Championships		43
2014
	African Championships
	World Championships		118
2015
	African Games
	World Championships		115
2016
2016	African Championships
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games
2017	World Championships		201
2018	Mediterranean Games	10
2018	African Championships
2019
	African Games
	World Championships		151
2021
2021	African Championships		7
2022	Mediterranean Games	9	WD
	African Championships			6	6
	World Championships		159
2023	Arab Games
	African Championships
	World Championships		77

References

^ ^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.

External links

Hillal Metidji at the International Gymnastics Federation