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African Weightlifting Championships

The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA).[1]

African Weightlifting Championships
StatusActive
GenreSports Event
Date(s)Usually April
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1979
Organised byWFA

Weights edit

Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women) since 2019:

Weights 45 kg 49 kg 55 kg 59 kg 61 kg 64 kg 67 kg 71 kg 73 kg 76 kg 81 kg 87 kg +87 kg 89 kg 96 kg 102 kg 109 kg +109 kg
Men categories x x x x x x x x x x
Women categories x x x x x x x x x x

Editions edit

Year Edition Venue Events Results
M W
1979 1   Cairo, Egypt 30
1985 2   Aswan, Egypt 30 [2]
1986 3   Nairobi, Kenya 30 [2]
1988 4   Cairo, Egypt 30 [2]
1989 5   Boufarik, Algeria 30
1990 6   Tripoli, Libya 30
1992 7   Nairobi, Kenya 30 [2]
1993 8   Cairo, Egypt 30 [2]
1994 9   Cape Town, South Africa 30 [2]
1996 10   Ismailia, Egypt 30 [2]
1997 11   Cairo, Egypt 30 [2]
1998 12 1   Algiers, Algeria 45 [3]
2000 13 2   Yaoundé, Cameroon 45 [4]
2001 14 3   Stellenbosch, South Africa 45 [5]
2002 15 4   Nairobi, Kenya 45 [6]
2004 16 5   Tunis, Tunisia 45 [7]
2005 17 6   Kampala, Uganda 45 [8]
2006 18 7   El Jadida, Morocco 45 [9]
2008 19 8   Strand, South Africa 45 [10]
2009 20 9   Kampala, Uganda 45 [11]
2010 21 10   Yaoundé, Cameroon 45 [12]
2011 22 11   Cape Town, South Africa 45 [13]
2012 23 12   Nairobi, Kenya 45 [14]
2013 24 13   Casablanca, Morocco 45 [15]
2015 25 14   Brazzaville, Congo 45 [16]
2016 26 15   Yaoundé, Cameroon 45 [17]
2017 27 16   Vacoas, Mauritius 48 [18]
2018 28 17   Mahébourg, Mauritius 48 [19]
2019 29 18   Cairo, Egypt 60 [20]
2020 30 19   Vacoas, Mauritius 60
2021 31 20   Nairobi, Kenya 60
2022 32 21   Cairo, Egypt 60
2023 33 22   Tunis, Tunisia 60
2024 34 23   Ismailia, Egypt 60
  •     Held jointly with the 2011 Commonwealth Championship.
  •     Held as part of the 2015 African Games.
  •     Was cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Medals (2008-2023) (incomplete) edit

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Tunisia14010370313
2  Egypt1083924171
3  Nigeria814716144
4  Algeria679369229
5  Cameroon454747139
6  South Africa243548107
7  Madagascar20191453
8  Libya17322877
9  Seychelles16252566
10  Morocco10254984
11  Mauritius8252255
12  Uganda410923
13  Kenya09716
14  Ghana051924
15  Zambia0303
16  DR Congo0224
17  Botswana0022
18  Rwanda0011
Totals (18 entries)5405194521511

African Junior Weightlifting Championships edit

Since 1995.

African Youth Weightlifting Championships edit

Year Edition Venue
M W
2009 1 1   Kampala, Uganda
2010 2 2   Cairo, Egypt
2011 3 3
2012 4 4   Tunis, Tunisia
2013 5 5   Casablanca, Morocco
2014 6 6   Tunis, Tunisia
2015 7 7   Entebbe, Uganda
2016 8 8   Cairo, Egypt
2017 9 9   Entebbe, Uganda
2018 10 10   Cairo, Egypt
2019 11 11   Kampala, Uganda
Sources:[21][22]

African Clubs Weightlifting Championships edit

Since 2022.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Revue olympique : Organe officiel du mouvement olympique. Vol. 138-139, Avril-Mai 1979". Revue olympique. 1979.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Afrique Senior". Archived from the original on 2017-06-14.
  3. ^ "IWF Calendar". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
  4. ^ "2000 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2000-10-09.
  5. ^ "2001 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2001-12-13.
  6. ^ "2002 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
  7. ^ "2004 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2004-12-29.
  8. ^ "2005 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2005-12-22.
  9. ^ "Events | Calendar | 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  10. ^ "2008 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19.
  11. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2009". iwf.sport.
  12. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2010". iwf.sport.
  13. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2011". iwf.sport.
  14. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2012". iwf.sport.
  15. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2013". iwf.sport.
  16. ^ "African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships". www.wfa.com.ly.
  17. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2016". iwf.sport.
  18. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2017". iwf.sport.
  19. ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2018". iwf.sport.
  20. ^ "Result book: African Senior Weightlifting Qualification Championships 2019" (PDF). www.wfa.com.ly.
  21. ^ "Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net.
  22. ^ "Results by Events". IWF.

External links edit

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