African Weightlifting Championships

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

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

Weights

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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

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

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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)5405194521,511

African Junior Weightlifting Championships

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Since 1995.

African Youth Weightlifting Championships

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

African Clubs Weightlifting Championships

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Since 2022.

See also

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References

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  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.
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