African Weightlifting Championships

African Championship event

African Weightlifting Championships

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

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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

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## Editions

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Year  | Edition  | Venue  | Events  | Results

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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 |
2025 | 35 | 24 |  Moka, Mauritius | 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.

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| 1,511

## African Junior Weightlifting Championships

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Since 1995.

## African Youth Weightlifting Championships

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Year  | Edition  | Venue

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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

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Since 2022.

## See also

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* Weightlifting at the 2007 All-Africa Games
* Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games
* Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games

## 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.

## External links

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* Official WFA website

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