Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games

Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville was held between September 7–9, 2015 while Powerlifting was held on September 11 and 12, 2015.

It also counted as 2015 African Weightlifting Championships.[1] Only total medals counted for African Games while snatch and clean & jerk medals counted for the African Weightlifting Championships.[citation needed]

The women's -53 kg gold medallist Elizabeth Onuah of Nigeria was stripped of her medals for doping.[2]

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt (EGY)| 31| 15| 12| 58
2|  Nigeria (NGR)| 16| 24| 11| 51
3|  Tunisia (TUN)| 8| 5| 5| 18
4|  Libya (LBA)| 2| 4| 6| 12
5|  Seychelles (SEY)| 2| 2| 2| 6
6|  Algeria (ALG)| 0| 5| 4| 9
7|  Mauritius (MRI)| 0| 3| 2| 5
8|  Ivory Coast (CIV)| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Madagascar (MAD)| 0| 0| 6| 6
10|  Cameroon (CMR)| 0| 0| 4| 4
Kenya (KEN)| 0| 0| 4| 4
12|  Benin (BEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Togo (TOG)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 59| 59| 58| 176

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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56 kg
Snatch  | Amine Bouhijbha
Tunisia | 108 kg  | Amor Fenni
Algeria | 103 kg  | Eric Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 100 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Amine Bouhijbha
Tunisia | 140 kg  | Rasaq Taniamowo
Nigeria | 131 kg  | Eric Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 130 kg
Total  | Amine Bouhijbha
Tunisia | 248 kg  | Rasaq Taniamowo
Nigeria | 231 kg  | Eric Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 230 kg
62 kg
Snatch  | Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed
Egypt | 132 kg  | Ahmed Ataf Moustafa
Egypt | 125 kg  | Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 115 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed
Egypt | 158 kg  | Ahmed Ataf Moustafa
Egypt | 156 kg  | Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 142 kg
Total  | Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed
Egypt | 290 kg  | Ahmed Ataf Moustafa
Egypt | 281 kg  | Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 257 kg
69 kg
Snatch  | Karem Ben Hnia
Tunisia | 135  | Yinka Ayenuwa
Nigeria[3] | 130  | Ademola John Oginni
Nigeria | 127
Clean & Jerk  | Karem Ben Hnia
Tunisia | 173  | Yinka Ayenuwa
Nigeria | 170  | Ademola John Oginni
Nigeria | 162
Total  | Karem Ben Hnia
Tunisia | 308  | Yinka Ayenuwa
Nigeria | 300  | Ademola John Oginni
Nigeria | 289
77 kg
Snatch  | Rami Bahloul
Tunisia | 145 kg  | Mamdum Dickson Seldum
Nigeria[3] | 145 kg  | Hani Maatoug Cheridi
Libya | 138 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Ibrahim Ramadhan
Egypt | 177 kg  | Rami Bahloul
Tunisia | 175 kg  | Mamdum Dickson Seldum
Nigeria | 175 kg
Total  | Rami Bahloul
Tunisia | 320 kg  | Mamdum Dickson Seldum
Nigeria | 320 kg  | Hani Maatoug Cheridi
Libya | 298 kg
85 kg
Snatch  | Ammar Hassen
Egypt | 157  | Ali Kekli
Libya | 155  | Valery Nana Yakam
Cameroon | 140
Clean & Jerk  | Ali Kekli
Libya | 197  | Ammar Hassen
Egypt | 195  | Micheal Anyolewachi
Nigeria[4] | 174
Total  | Ali Kekli
Libya | 354  | Ammar Hassen
Egypt | 352  | Hossain Fardjallah
Algeria | 314
94 kg
Snatch  | Ragab Abdelhay
Egypt | 160  | Messaoud Saddem
Algeria | 150  | Marouen El Ayyen
Libya | 140
Clean & Jerk  | Ragab Abdelhay
Egypt | 205  | Messaoud Saddem
Algeria | 183  | Marouen El Ayyen
Libya | 182
Total  | Ragab Abdelhay
Egypt | 365  | Messaoud Saddem
Algeria | 333  | Marouen El Ayyen
Libya | 322
105 kg
Snatch  | Jaber Farhan
Egypt | 172 kg  | Abdelmoneim Ouaddani
Libya | 161  | Tchouden Verlaine
Cameroon | 135
Clean & Jerk  | Jaber Farhan
Egypt | 205 kg  | Abdelmoneim Ouaddani
Libya | 191  | Joseph Ndubusi Paul
Nigeria | 185
Total  | Jaber Farhan
Egypt | 377 kg  | Abdelmoneim Ouaddani
Libya | 352  | Joseph Ndubusi Paul
Nigeria | 315
+105 kg
Snatch  | Mohamed Masoud
Egypt | 200  | Ahmed Mohamed
Egypt | 185  | Hamza Sanoune
Algeria | 150
Clean & Jerk  | Mohamed Masoud
Egypt | 241  | Ahmed Mohamed
Egypt | 240  | Yvan Pierrot
Mauritius[5] | 185
Total  | Mohamed Masoud
Egypt | 441  | Ahmed Mohamed
Egypt | 425  | Yvan Pierrot
Mauritius | 331

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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48 kg
Snatch  | Heba Saleh Mahmoud Ahmed
Egypt | 70 kg  | Zohra Chihi
Tunisia | 68 kg  | Monica Uweh
Nigeria | 68 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Heba Saleh Mahmoud Ahmed
Egypt | 88 kg  | Monica Uweh
Nigeria | 83 kg  | Zohra Chihi
Tunisia | 81 kg
Total  | Heba Saleh Mahmoud Ahmed
Egypt | 158 kg  | Monica Uweh
Nigeria | 151 kg  | Zohra Chihi
Tunisia | 149 kg
53 kg
Snatch  | ~~Onuah Elizabeth
Nigeria~~ | 85 kg  | Roilya Ranaivosoa
Mauritius | 80 kg  | Basma Emad Ibrahim
Egypt | 78 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Basma Emad Ibrahim
Egypt | 104 kg  | Roilya Ranaivosoa
Mauritius | 103 kg  | ~~Onuah Elizabeth
Nigeria~~ | 103 kg
Total  | ~~Onuah Elizabeth
Nigeria~~ | 188 kg  | Roilya Ranaivosoa
Mauritius | 183 kg  | Basma Emad Ibrahim
Egypt | 182 kg
58 kg
Snatch  | Onyeka Azike
Nigeria | 83 kg  | ~~Mabrina Ruby
Seychelles~~ | 80 kg  | ~~Zeinab Mohamed
Egypt~~ | 76 kg
Clean & Jerk  | ~~Mabrina Ruby
Seychelles~~ | 109 kg  | Onyeka Azike
Nigeria | 105 kg  | ~~Zeinab Mohamed
Egypt~~ | 101 kg
Total  | ~~Mabrina Ruby
Seychelles~~ | 189 kg  | Onyeka Azike
Nigeria | 188 kg  | ~~Zeinab Mohamed
Egypt~~ | 177 kg
63 kg
Snatch  | Esraa El-Sayed
Egypt | 96 kg  | Victoria Adesanmi
Nigeria | 95 kg  | Clementina Agricole
Seychelles | 91 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Victoria Adesanmi
Nigeria | 116 kg  | Clementina Agricole
Seychelles | 115 kg  | Esraa El-Sayed
Egypt | 112 kg
Total  | Victoria Adesanmi
Nigeria | 211 kg  | Esraa El-Sayed
Egypt | 208 kg  | Clementina Agricole
Seychelles | 206 kg
69 kg
Snatch  | Sara Ahmed
Egypt | 102 kg  | Winifred Eze Ndidi
Nigeria | 90 kg  | Mercy Apondi Obiero
Kenya | 70 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Sara Ahmed
Egypt | 132 kg  | Winifred Eze Ndidi
Nigeria | 120 kg  | Mercy Apondi Obiero
Kenya | 100 kg
Total  | Sara Ahmed
Egypt | 234 kg  | Winifred Eze Ndidi
Nigeria | 210 kg  | Mercy Apondi Obiero
Kenya | 170 kg
75 kg
Snatch  | Otunlabilkis Abiodun
Nigeria | 102 kg  | Ghada Hassine
Tunisia | 100 kg  | Dina Khaled
Egypt | 98 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Otunlabilkis Abiodun
Nigeria | 130 kg  | Ghada Hassine
Tunisia | 122 kg  | Dina Khaled
Egypt | 121 kg
Total  | Otunlabilkis Abiodun
Nigeria | 232 kg  | Ghada Hassine
Tunisia | 222 kg  | Dina Khaled
Egypt | 219 kg
+75 kg
Snatch  | Shaimaa Khalaf
Egypt | 123 kg  | Maryam Usman
Nigeria | 118 kg  | Yousra Dhiab
Tunisia | 112 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Shaimaa Khalaf
Egypt | 155 kg  | Maryam Usman
Nigeria | 150 kg  | Yousra Dhiab
Tunisia | 135 kg
Total  | Shaimaa Khalaf
Egypt | 278 kg  | Maryam Usman
Nigeria | 268 kg  | Yousra Dhiab
Tunisia | 247 kg

## Powerlifting

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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49 kg  |  Yakubu Adesokan (NGA) | 182.5 kg  |  Ahmed Hadj Biour (ALG) | 131 kg  |  Alion Bawa (TOG) | 110 kg
54 kg  |  Roland Ezuruike (NGA) | 182 kg  |  Alidou Diamoutene (CIV) | 170 kg  |  Taha Abdelmagid (EGY) | 165 kg
59 kg  |  Sherif Othman (EGY) | 210 kg  |  Anthony Ulonnam (NGA) | 190 kg  |  Conrat Atangana (CMR) | 160 kg
65 kg  |  Olumide Kehinde (NGA) | 214 kg  |  Shaaban Ibrahim (EGY) | 196 kg  |  Hocine Bettir (ALG) | 183 kg
72 kg  |  Mohamed El Elfi (EGY) | 212 kg  |  Nnamdi Innocent (NGA) | 200 kg  |  Cosme Akpovi (BEN) | 170 kg
80 kg  |  Metwaly Methana (EGY) | 220 kg  |  Tolu-Lope Taiwo (NGA) | 192 kg  |  Maurice Biwole Nkodo (CMR) | 166 kg
88 kg  |  Hany Abdelhady (EGY) | 233 kg  |  Opeyemi jegede (NGA) | 204 kg  |  |
97 & 107 kg  |  Mohamed Eldib (EGY) | 204.57 pts  |  Abdulazeez Ibrahim (NGA) | 194.68 pts  |  Mohamed Elsayed (EGY) | 191.21 pts

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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41 kg  |  Nawal Ramadan (EGY) | 92 kg  |  Nsini Jonah Ben (NGA) | 90 kg  |  Hellen Nwawira Kariuki (KEN) | 65 kg
45 kg  |  Latifat Tijani (NGA) | 98 kg  |  Zeineb Oteify (EGY) | 95 kg  |  Samira Guerioua (ALG) | 82 kg
55 & 61 kg  |  Esther Oyema (NGA) | 139.32 pts  |  Fatma Omar (EGY) | 137.34 pts  |  Lucy Ejike (NGA) | 136.50 pts
67 & 73 kg  |  Ndidi Nwosu (NGA) | 122.50 pts  |  Amal Mahmoud (EGY) | 112.42 pts  |  Amany Ali (EGY) | 108.12 pts
79 kg  |  Bose Omolayo (NGA) | 137 kg  |  Geehan Hassan (EGY) | 120 kg  |  Sahar Elgnemi (LBY) | 90 kg
-86 & +86 kg  |  Loveline Obiji (NGA) | 125.83 pts  |  Randa Mahmoud (EGY) | 121.04 pts  |  Precious Orji (NGA) | 117.25 pts

## References

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1. ^ "African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships". www.wfa.com.ly.
2. ^ Doping ban shock for Nigeria. IOL (2016-01-24). Retrieved on 2016-01-24.
3. ^ a b "AAG: nine gold for team nigeria"
4. ^ "Team Nigeria soat at the All Africa games with 52 medals"
5. ^ "Roilya Ranaivosoa s'adjuge trois médailles d'argent", Le mauricien.com, 13 septembre 2015

## External links

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* "IWF, results by events: African games".
* "Official website of IPC Powerlifting".

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