2008 African Weightlifting Championships

2008 African Championships
Host city	Strand, South Africa
Dates	May

Last updated October 08, 2023

The 2008 African Weightlifting Championships was held in Strand, South Africa in May 2008.^[1]

56 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	AKPAN Emmanuel	1 January 1988	Nigeria	55.98	A	106	130	236
2	LARIKI Elhabib	3 November 1987	Algeria	55.54	A	97	121	218
3	MATAM David	2 October 1982	Cameroon	55.67	A	95	121	216
4	PHILLIPS Luwellyne Andrew	21 August 1989	South Africa	55.59	A	96	115	211
5	BENAMI Nafaa	8 November 1974	Algeria	55.16	A	97	110	207
6	LAFRIK El Mehdi	1 January 1991	Morocco	55.30	A	80	100	180

62 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	ABDELBAKI Mohamed Abdeltawwab I.	18 July 1987	Egypt	61.92	A	130	156	286
2	OLUPONA Gbenga	1 January 1981	Nigeria	61.70	A	115	156	271
3	MEHREZ Selmi	1 January 1978	Tunisia	61.83	A	111	147	258
4	NGAMBA Simon	24 December 1982	Cameroon	61.72	A	117	135	252
5	BELINGA Joseph Ekani	23 June 1989	Cameroon	61.93	A	110	130	240
6	ANDRIANTSIRY Charles	11 March 1980	Madagascar	62.00	A	105	135	240
7	BELGHSEN Rodwan	1 January 1986	Libya	61.09	A	106	130	236
8	KATAMBA Ismail	19 January 1987	Uganda	60.63	A	97	135	232
9	NABIL Renard	1 January 1985	Morocco	62.00	A	95	120	215
---	KIVUMBI Mubarak Musoke	1 December 1989	Uganda	61.43	A	105	---	---
---	ZACHADI Abdelillah	1 January 1983	Morocco	61.73	A	---	---	---

69 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	SBAI Youssef	20 September 1978	Tunisia	68.93	A	143	171	314
2	ABDELAZIM Tarek Yehia Fouad	18 May 1987	Egypt	68.90	A	142	163	305
3	MATAM Kingue Bernadin	20 May 1990	Cameroon	68.20	A	135	165	300
4	AYENUWA Yinka	2 May 1986	Nigeria	68.07	A	128	170	298
5	ISIAKA Aliyu	15 April 1985	Nigeria	68.53	A	130	160	290
6	SHUSHU Otsile Greg	20 August 1980	South Africa	66.26	A	125	160	285
7	JOMNI Hamza	22 January 1989	Tunisia	68.33	A	121	160	281
8	CHERABA Abdelfettah	23 November 1984	Algeria	68.85	A	121	155	276
9	AATAR Abdellatif	26 January 1987	Morocco	68.58	A	115	140	255
10	DU PLOOY Lyle William Henry	2 August 1988	South Africa	67.44	A	112	135	247
11	SSEBAALE Mike	2 July 1989	Uganda	68.49	A	100	135	235
12	ETTALEB Mustapha	29 August 1986	Morocco	67.99	A	100	130	230
13	SHABALALA Makhosemhlaba	6 April 1981	Swaziland	67.97	A	96	131	227
14	MONIEN Magarajen	9 March 1981	Mauritius	68.87	A	100	115	215
---	SIMEON Romeo Teofilo	11 February 1977	Seychelles	68.71	A	105	---	---

77 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	FISAL El Haddad Mahmoud	10 March 1986	Egypt	76.65	A	146	190	336
2	EKPO Felix	10 September 1981	Nigeria	76.15	A	150	185	335
3	ANTHONY Darryn	18 December 1985	South Africa	76.70	A	143	172	315
4	SARHAN Nizar	13 June 1989	Tunisia	75.74	A	138	172	310
5	ELKEKLI Ali Moftah Said	4 September 1989	Libya	76.59	A	132	160	292
6	MINKOUMBA Petit David	27 February 1989	Cameroon	76.49	A	126	160	286
7	BELHOUT Amir	25 May 1989	Algeria	75.79	A	128	155	283
8	CUPIDO Stephen	24 January 1986	South Africa	74.17	A	120	150	270
9	FAHIM Mohamed	1 January 1984	Morocco	76.46	A	122	147	269
10	BATUUSA Kalidi	25 November 1986	Uganda	73.76	A	108	130	238
---	SIMEON Charles Albert	16 June 1982	Seychelles	76.38	A	---	145	---

85 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	ULOKO Benedict	19 March 1984	Nigeria	84.66	A	150	191	341
2	ESHTIWI Mohamed	8 February 1985	Libya	84.57	A	155	185	340
3	BATCHAYA KETCHANKE Brice Vivien	16 August 1985	Cameroon	82.67	A	145	175	320
4	TARIQ Mabchour	2 October 1981	Morocco	79.85	A	110	141	251
5	MATSEBULA Linda	2 April 1983	Swaziland	82.77	A	105	145	250
6	DIXIE Terence Nigel	15 October 1983	Seychelles	82.14	A	110	137	247
7	BALIGEYA Godfrey	28 July 1987	Uganda	83.65	A	106	140	246
---	SDIRI Ali	21 May 1983	Tunisia	84.66	A	---	---	---

94 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	EL NAGAR Mohamed	5 August 1984	Egypt	93.94	A	156	190	346
2	ABUKHALIA Hamza	1 January 1980	Libya	93.95	A	152	190	342
3	OKOLI Chukwuka	26 February 1980	Nigeria	93.96	A	147	185	332
4	DOGHMANE Hamdi	19 March 1987	Tunisia	85.93	A	145	175	320
5	UNUSOTAME Paul Oghenekevwe	23 October 1985	Nigeria	88.72	A	140	162	302
6	BOUDANI Maamar	23 June 1984	Algeria	87.21	A	125	170	295
7	BHOLLAH Ravi	28 September 1981	Mauritius	93.53	A	132	150	282
---	CHOUYA Rabeh	10 September 1988	Algeria	90.11	A	---	173	---
DSQ	SHTEWI Abdelrahman	1 January 1989	Libya	92.58	A	---	---	---

105 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	MOEZ Hannachi	20 February 1980	Tunisia	100.42	A	173	185	358
2	MIMOUNE Abdelhamid	8 March 1988	Algeria	97.59	A	142	170	312
3	EL KADRI Sami	2 May 1982	Tunisia	94.26	A	141	165	306
4	BOOYSEN Henk	1 November 1972	South Africa	104.74	A	135	165	300
5	SOUFIANE Kourim	16 February 1972	Morocco	98.06	A	112	140	252
6	FERLEY Dominic	3 May 1991	Seychelles	104.28	A	110	130	240
7	KALYANGO Deo	20 January 1988	Uganda	99.92	A	90	140	230
DSQ	KHALIFA Abdalla	16 February 1972	Libya	94.94	A	---	---	---
DSQ	ELADHEM Salaheddin	5 September 1974	Libya	104.47	A	---	---	---

+105 kg Men

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	MASSOUD Mohamed Ehsan Attia	11 January 1984	Egypt	149.42	A	182	230	412
2	KEMADJOU Danny	22 October 1984	Cameroon	120.24	A	150	180	330
3	FOKEJOU TEFOT Frederic	3 December 1979	Cameroon	119.88	A	140	175	315
4	KEROUI Tewfik	9 May 1981	Algeria	105.37	A	135	170	305
5	AINSLIE William	2 August 1979	South Africa	125.00	A	135	170	305
6	PRETORIUS Jan	30 November 1975	South Africa	123.11	A	135	166	301
DSQ	HSHAD Mustafa	18 December 1970	Libya	137.57	A	---	---	--

48 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	FEDELIS Chineye Silver	28 October 1993	Nigeria	47.93	A	66	95	161
2	AZIKE Onyeka	1 July 1990	Nigeria	47.44	A	68	90	158
3	VRIES Portia Charmaine	21 July 1984	South Africa	47.67	A	63	90	153
4	SAYED Enja	6 March 1983	Egypt	47.98	A	67	84	151
5	FILALI Kenza	27 December 1981	Algeria	47.22	A	65	81	146
6	ACHERIA Dalila	8 August 1981	Algeria	47.13	A	60	85	145
7	EHSSEINIA Henda	1 August 1984	Tunisia	47.99	A	64	81	145
8	THELEMAQUE Katsia	28 February 1989	Seychelles	46.00	A	60	70	130
9	DIK Soumia	19 October 1988	Morocco	42.79	A	45	60	105

53 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	LAWAL Patience	28 December 1983	Nigeria	52.28	A	83	105	188
2	SOUMAYA Fatnassi	13 February 1980	Tunisia	52.93	A	78	96	174
3	HAMED Aaya	16 September 1989	Egypt	52.69	A	75	85	160
4	KOURI Safia	12 May 1974	Algeria	52.80	A	67	86	153
5	EDJANGUE EKONGOLO Agnes	23 December 1985	Cameroon	51.28	A	60	80	140
6	MAJIDI Amal	10 November 1983	Morocco	52.46	A	60	80	140
7	FOKOU Patricia	17 May 1987	Cameroon	52.51	A	60	70	130
8	KADIHAYA Assia	6 March 1989	Morocco	52.39	A	55	70	125
9	BOTHA Nicole	18 April 1990	South Africa	51.80	A	50	69	119
---	PRETORIUS Mariska	10 May 1992	South Africa	52.39	A	---	70	---

58 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	UWAH Margaret	3 November 1983	Nigeria	57.28	A	93	117	210
2	HOSNI Nadia	29 August 1987	Tunisia	57.80	A	80	105	185
3	HASSAN Ranya	1 March 1991	Egypt	57.22	A	79	101	180
4	PRETORIUS Mona	12 August 1988	South Africa	56.87	A	78	100	178
5	ABDELRAHMAN Sara	10 December 1991	Egypt	57.84	A	77	101	178
6	MAY Nourhene	18 March 1991	Tunisia	57.38	A	82	93	175
7	AGRICOLE Clementina Ciana	18 July 1988	Seychelles	56.38	A	78	95	173
8	BAKAM TZUCHE Pilar	10 April 1988	Cameroon	56.19	A	65	97	162
9	MAJIDI Islam	18 March 1985	Morocco	56.33	A	65	82	147
10	MJEZU Zayanda	21 August 1992	South Africa	57.68	A	63	81	144
---	NDREMANAMBINA Phirobine	25 March 1988	Madagascar	55.97	A	65	---	---

63 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	LASSOUANI Leila F.	29 July 1977	Algeria	62.46	A	90	115	205
2	OURFELLI Hanene	8 January 1986	Tunisia	62.54	A	92	109	201
3	MIYENGA Helene Laure	17 November 1984	Cameroon	61.85	A	80	100	180
4	NGUIDJOL ESSESSE Hortense	17 May 1981	Cameroon	62.72	A	70	105	175
5	BOUABDELAH Nabila	28 February 1986	Algeria	61.34	A	65	85	150
6	MASIU Matshidiso Hazel	6 May 1992	South Africa	58.86	A	61	82	143
DSQ	LOZAIQUE Brenda	5 April 1978	Seychelles	62.88	A	---	---	---

69 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	ABIR ABDELRAHMAN Khalil Mahmoud Khalil	13 June 1992	Egypt	68.70	A	97	128	225
2	EGBUDIKE Agatha	20 February 1985	Nigeria	67.77	A	96	110	206
3	NAYO KETCHANKE Gaelle Verlaine	20 April 1988	Cameroon	66.88	A	85	115	200
4	THELERMONT Janet	5 January 1979	Seychelles	67.34	A	94	105	199
5	ELARBI Ahlem	15 April 1987	Tunisia	63.11	A	88	101	189
6	TORCHI Rachida	4 October 1984	Algeria	67.81	A	72	90	162
7	OUMNYA Kinana	1 January 1986	Morocco	64.10	A	50	60	110
---	SAMLALI Hafida	5 March 1973	Morocco	63.65	A	---	---	---

75 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	ZAKARI Hadiza	10 September 1987	Nigeria	74.63	A	105	130	235
2	SMATI Mariem	31 October 1986	Tunisia	74.26	A	92	115	207
3	NDLELENI Babalwa	14 March 1979	South Africa	73.03	A	83	120	203
4	NALUBANGA Mariam	4 July 1986	Uganda	71.10	A	80	105	185
5	SLIMANE Assia	11 March 1986	Algeria	70.62	A	60	80	140

+75 kg Women

Rank	Name	Born	Nation	B.weight	Group	Snatch	CI&Jerk	Total
1	USMAN Maryam	9 November 1990	Nigeria	113.09	A	115	150	265
2	EL SAYED Sally	1 December 1985	Egypt	90.34	A	101	126	227
3	IBRAHIEM MOHAMED Afaf	5 February 1989	Egypt	86.98	A	90	115	205
4	VALAYDON Shalinee	13 April 1986	Mauritius	95.44	A	72	92	164
5	FADIL Bahija	5 February 1976	Morocco	109.73	A	65	97	162

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↑ "Results by Events". International Weightlifting Federation.

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