Algerian weight lifter Housseyn Fardjallah, 23, died in a road accident early Sunday morning in the commune of Yellel (Relizane, west of Algiers), announced the Algerian Weightlifting Federation (FAH).
The accident occurred on the East-West motorway, in the locality of douar Gouasmiya, in the commune of Yellel.
Housseyn Fardjallah was an elite athlete and was expected Sunday in Algiers to start a training camp ahead of another training camp in Antalya (Turkey) from 25 to 5 December along with other Algerian elite athletes of different sports.
He won several African and Arab titles in addition to a bronze medal at the world championship in 2013 in Lima, Peru.
