Gabon at the 2019 African Games

Gabon competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Gabon won two gold medals and four bronze medals and the country finished 20th in the medal table.

Gabon at the
2019 African Games
IOC codeGAB
NOCComité Olympique Gabonais
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors28 (19 men and 9 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
6
African Games appearances

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

Athletics edit

Two athletes represented Gabon in athletics.[1]

Guy Maganga competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres events.[2] In the men's 100 metres event he did not qualify in the heats and in the men's 200 metres event he finished in 4th place in the final.[2]

Pierrick Moulin competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 200 metres events.[3] For both events, she competed in the heats and did not advance to the semifinals.[3]

Boxing edit

Two athletes competed in boxing: Junior Mikamou and Franck Mombey.[4][5]

Mikamou competed in the men's flyweight (52kg) event and Mombey competed in the men's featherweight (57kg) event.[4][5] Neither of them won a medal.[4][5]

Judo edit

Seven athletes represented Gabon in judo: Karene Agono, Philomene Dialli, Aboubakre Gotalowia, Junior Kouamba, Harnold Koussou, Luc Manongho and Sarah Myriam Mazouz.

Karate edit

Ulrich Ndong (men's Kumite -84kg), Nguema Edang Marie (men's Kumite -75kg), David Obissa (men's Kumite -60kg) and Brolin Youla (men's Kumite -67kg) competed in karate.

Marie won a bronze medal in his event.[6]

Swimming edit

Two swimmers represented Gabon in swimming.[7]

Adam Mpali competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke and in the men's 50 metre freestyle events.[7] In both events he did not advance to compete in the final.[7]

Aya Mpali competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and the women's 50 metre butterfly events.[7] In both events she did not advance to compete in the final.[7]

Table tennis edit

Andy Bringaud and Tresor Ndong competed in table tennis in the men's singles and men's doubles events.[8][9][10]

Taekwondo edit

In total, five athletes represented Gabon in Taekwondo.

Anthony Obame competed at the 2019 African Games.[11] He won the bronze medal in the men's +87 kg event.[12]

Urgence Mouega won the bronze medal in the Women's -67 kg event.[13]

Leila Bamizock competed in the women's –46 kg event, Amar Moussa competed in the men's –68 kg event and Hermen Doupassou competed in the men's –74 kg event.

Tennis edit

Herve Antchandie, Wilfrid Lebendje, Celestine Avomo and Maria Nyonda competed in tennis.

Antchandie and Lebendje competed in the men's singles event. Together they also competed in the men's doubles event.

Avomo and Nyonda competed in the women's singles event. Together they also competed in the women's doubles event.

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Guy Maganga - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Pierrick Moulin - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Junior Mikamou - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Franck Mombey - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Andy Bringaud - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Tresor Ndong - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Table tennis results book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Anthony Obame - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Urgence Mouega - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.