African Weightlifting Championships
African Championship event
African Weightlifting Championships | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Sports Event |
Date(s) | Usually April |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | 1979 |
Organised by | WFA |
The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA).[1]
Weights
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 |
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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
Year | Edition | Venue | Events | Results | |
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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] |
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)
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Tunisia | 140 | 103 | 70 | 313 |
2 | Egypt | 108 | 39 | 24 | 171 |
3 | Nigeria | 81 | 47 | 16 | 144 |
4 | Algeria | 67 | 93 | 69 | 229 |
5 | Cameroon | 45 | 47 | 47 | 139 |
6 | South Africa | 24 | 35 | 48 | 107 |
7 | Madagascar | 20 | 19 | 14 | 53 |
8 | Libya | 17 | 32 | 28 | 77 |
9 | Seychelles | 16 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
10 | Morocco | 10 | 25 | 49 | 84 |
11 | Mauritius | 8 | 25 | 22 | 55 |
12 | Uganda | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
13 | Kenya | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
14 | Ghana | 0 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
15 | Zambia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
16 | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
17 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 540 | 519 | 452 | 1511 |
African Junior Weightlifting Championships
Since 1995.
African Youth Weightlifting Championships
Year | Edition | Venue | |
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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
Since 2022.
See also
- Weightlifting at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games
- Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games
References
- ^ "Revue olympique : Organe officiel du mouvement olympique. Vol. 138-139, Avril-Mai 1979". Revue olympique. 1979.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Afrique Senior". Archived from the original on 2017-06-14.
- ^ "IWF Calendar". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
- ^ "2000 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2000-10-09.
- ^ "2001 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2001-12-13.
- ^ "2002 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
- ^ "2004 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2004-12-29.
- ^ "2005 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2005-12-22.
- ^ "Events | Calendar | 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "2008 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2009". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2010". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2011". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2012". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2013". iwf.sport.
- ^ "African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships". www.wfa.com.ly.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2016". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2017". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Old BW | Results by Events | 2018". iwf.sport.
- ^ "Result book: African Senior Weightlifting Qualification Championships 2019" (PDF). www.wfa.com.ly.
- ^ "Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net.
- ^ "Results by Events". IWF.
External links
- Official WFA website
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