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

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

Weights 45 kg49 kg55 kg59 kg61 kg64 kg67 kg71 kg73 kg76 kg81 kg87 kg+87 kg89 kg96 kg102 kg109 kg+109 kg
Men categories xxxxxxxxxx
Women categories xxxxxxxxxx

Editions
Year Edition Venue Events Results
MW
19791 Cairo, Egypt30
19852 Aswan, Egypt30[2]
19863 Nairobi, Kenya30[2]
19884 Cairo, Egypt30[2]
19895 Boufarik, Algeria30
19906 Tripoli, Libya30
19927 Nairobi, Kenya30[2]
19938 Cairo, Egypt30[2]
19949 Cape Town, South Africa30[2]
199610 Ismailia, Egypt30[2]
199711 Cairo, Egypt30[2]
1998121 Algiers, Algeria45[3]
2000132 Yaoundé, Cameroon45[4]
2001143 Stellenbosch, South Africa45[5]
2002154 Nairobi, Kenya45[6]
2004165 Tunis, Tunisia45[7]
2005176 Kampala, Uganda45[8]
2006187 El Jadida, Morocco45[9]
2008198 Strand, South Africa45[10]
2009209 Kampala, Uganda45[11]
20102110 Yaoundé, Cameroon45[12]
20112211 Cape Town, South Africa45[13]
20122312 Nairobi, Kenya45[14]
20132413 Casablanca, Morocco45[15]
20152514 Brazzaville, Congo45[16]
20162615 Yaoundé, Cameroon45[17]
20172716 Vacoas, Mauritius48[18]
20182817 Mahébourg, Mauritius48[19]
20192918 Cairo, Egypt60[20]
20203019 Vacoas, Mauritius60
20213120 Nairobi, Kenya60
20223221 Cairo, Egypt60
20233322 Tunis, Tunisia60
20243423 Ismailia, Egypt60
  •     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.

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

Since 1995.

African Youth Weightlifting Championships
Year Edition Venue
MW
200911 Kampala, Uganda
201022 Cairo, Egypt
201133
201244 Tunis, Tunisia
201355 Casablanca, Morocco
201466 Tunis, Tunisia
201577 Entebbe, Uganda
201688 Cairo, Egypt
201799 Entebbe, Uganda
20181010 Cairo, Egypt
20191111 Kampala, Uganda
Sources:[21][22]

African Clubs Weightlifting Championships

Since 2022.

See also

References
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  2. "Afrique Senior". Archived from the original on 2017-06-14.
  3. "IWF Calendar". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
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  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.
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  10. "2008 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19.
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  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.
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  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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