2011 African Badminton Championships

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2011 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates4-12 May 2011
VenueSalle Couverte Zerktouni [1]
Location Marrakesh, Morocco
Kampala 2010 Addis Ababa 2012

The 2011 African Badminton Championships is a continental badminton championships organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa. [2] This championships were held in Marrakesh, Morocco between 4-12 May. [3] [4]

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Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Nigeria.svg Jinkam Ifraimu Flag of Nigeria.svg Ola Fagbemi Flag of Uganda.svg Edwin Ekiring
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Women's singles Flag of South Africa.svg Stacey Doubell Flag of South Africa.svg Kerry-Lee Harrington Flag of Nigeria.svg Susan Ideh
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel
Men's doubles Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
and Willem Viljoen
Flag of Nigeria.svg Jinkam Ifraimu
and Ola Fagbemi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Eneojo Abah
and Victor Makanju
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal
and Ali El Khateeb
Women's doubles Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Edwards
and Annari Viljoen
Flag of Nigeria.svg Maria Braimah
and Susan Ideh
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
and Dina Nagy
Flag of Mauritius.svg Karen Foo Kune
and Kate Foo Kune
Mixed doubles Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
and Annari Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
and Michelle Edwards
Flag of Nigeria.svg Eneojo Abah
and Grace Gabriel
Flag of Nigeria.svg Adamu J
and Grace Daniel
TeamsFlag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
Dorian James, Jacob Maliekal, Willem Viljoen
Annari Viljoen, Kerry-Lee Harrington, Michelle Butler-Emmett, Michelle Edwards
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
Eneojo Abah, Ibrahim Adamu, Jinkam Ifraimu, Ola Fagbemi, Victor Makanju,
Fatima Azeez, Maria Braimah, Grace Daniel, Grace Gabriel, Susan Ideh
Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
Abdelrahman Kashkal, Ahmed salah, Ali El Khateeb, Mahmoud El Sayaad
Alaa Youssef, Dina Nagy, Hadia Hosny
Flag of Mauritius.svg
Mauritius
Christopher Paul, Denneshsing Baboolall, Daveen Pachee, Yoni Louison
Karen Foo Kune, Kate Foo Kune, Shama Aboobakar, Yeldy Louison

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5218
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 14510
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0033
4Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0022
5Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0011
Totals (5 entries)661224

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