Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 24-25 February 2010 | ||
Edition | 16th | ||
Venue | Sharing Youth Center | ||
Location | Kampala, Uganda | ||
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The 2010 African Badminton Championships is a continental badminton championships organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa. [1] [2] This championships were held in Kampala, Uganda from 24 to 25 February. [3] [4]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Jinkam Ifraimu | Ola Fagbemi | Sahir Edoo |
Ibrahim Adamu | |||
Women's singles | Hadia Hosny | Stacey Doubell | Kerry-Lee Harrington |
Maria Braimoh | |||
Men's doubles | Jinkam Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi | Ibrahim Adamu Ocholi Edicha | Dorian James Willem Viljoen |
Sahir Edoo Yoni Louison | |||
Women's doubles | Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen | Maria Braimoh Susan Ideh | Juliette Ah-Wan Alisen Camille |
Marlyse Marquer Amrita Sawaram | |||
Mixed doubles | Dorian James Michelle Edwards | Roelof Dednam Annari Viljoen | Willem Viljoen Jade Morgan |
Stephan Beeharry Amrita Sawaram |
* Host nation (Uganda)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Nigeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
2 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
5 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
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