Idir Khourta

Idir Abdullah Khourta is a French-born Algerian table tennis player. As of February 2013, Khourta is ranked no. 522 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation. Khourta is a member of the table tennis team for Fréjus Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Eric Angles. He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip and Yasaka Offensif 40 blade.
Representing his adopted nation Algeria, Khourta qualified for the Table [tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|men's singles] tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 8 seeded players from the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers. He lost the preliminary round match to Australia's William Henzell, with a final set score of 1–4.