Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 26-28 February 2012 | ||
Venue | Arat Kilo Hall | ||
Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | ||
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The 2012 African Badminton Championships or Africa Senior Championships were held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 26-28 February and organised by the Badminton Confederation of Africa. [1] [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Jacob Maliekal | A Kashkal | Eneojo Joseph Abah |
Jinkan Bulus | |||
Women's singles | Grace Gabriel | Fatima Azeez | Stacey Doubell |
Susan F Ideh | |||
Men's doubles | Dorian James and Willem Viljoen | Jinkan Bulus and Olaoluwa Fagbemi | Chris Dednam and Enrico James |
Eneojo Joseph Abah and Victor Makanju | |||
Women's doubles | Annari Viljoen and Michelle Edwards | Grace Daniel and Susan F Ideh | Shamim Bangi and Margaret Nankabirwa |
Michelle Butler-Emmett and Stacey Doubel | |||
Mixed doubles | Dorian James and Michelle Edwards | Enrico James and Stacey Doubel | Olaoluwa Fagbemi and Susan F Ideh |
Georgie Cupidon and Allisen Camille |
* Host nation (Ethiopia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
2 | Nigeria | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
3 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 nations) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
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