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| 2022 African Archery Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Tuks Archery club |
| Location | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Start date | 5 November |
| End date | 10 November |
The 2022 African Archery Championships was the 12th edition of the African Archery Championships. The event was held in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa from 5 to 10 November 2022. [1] It featured a total of 66 competing archers from 16 different countries. [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |  Wian Roux |  Franck Eyeni |  Mohamed Hammed |
| Women's individual | Ekpobi Anne-Marie Eléonord Yedagne |  Kuki Anwar |  Yasmine Bellal |
| Men's team | South Africa |  Egypt | Algeria |
| Women's team | Ivory Coast | Kenya | South Africa |
| Mixed team | Ivory Coast | Tunisia | Algeria |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Christian Beyers De Klerk | Richard Anderson | Ahmed Fakhry |
| Women's individual | Jeanine Van Kradenburg | Marie-Louise Vermeulen | Rozan Gilbert |
| Men's team | South Africa |  Nigeria | |
| Mixed team | South Africa | Nigeria |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Kenya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |
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