2023 African Wrestling Championships | |
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Host city | Hammamet, Tunisia |
Dates | 15-21 May 2023 |
Stadium | Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall |
Champions | |
Freestyle | Egypt |
Greco-Roman | Algeria |
Women | Nigeria |
The 2023 Seniors, Juniors, Cadets African Wrestling Championships was the 38th edition of African Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from 15 to 21 May in Hammamet, Tunisia. [1] [2] [3] [4]
* Host nation (Tunisia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
2 | Algeria | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
3 | Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
4 | Tunisia * | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 |
5 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
South Africa | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
8 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Namibia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 30 | 30 | 39 | 99 |
Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | |||
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Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points | |
1 | Egypt | 215 | Algeria | 210 | Nigeria | 230 |
2 | Tunisia | 173 | Egypt | 200 | Tunisia | 179 |
3 | Algeria | 129 | Tunisia | 149 | Egypt | 110 |
4 | Morocco | 103 | Morocco | 127 | Algeria | 94 |
5 | South Africa | 92 | Angola | 51 | Kenya | 58 |
6 | Nigeria | 70 | South Africa | 41 | Morocco | 40 |
7 | Kenya | 52 | Namibia | 30 | Ivory Coast | 30 |
8 | Guinea-Bissau | 51 | Kenya | 23 | Cameroon | 22 |
9 | Cameroon | 42 | Sierra Leone | 20 | Guinea | 15 |
10 | Angola | 35 | Nigeria | 10 | Senegal | 15 |
204 competitors from 21 nations participated:
* Host nation (Tunisia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt | 17 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
2 | Tunisia * | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
3 | Algeria | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 |
4 | Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Angola | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Morocco | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 89 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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57 kg | Khalil Barkouti Tunisia | Ben Hachem Tarik Morocco | Islam Zerrougui Algeria |
61 kg | Shehabeldin Mohamed Egypt | Abderrahmane Benhamadi Algeria | Mohamed Manai Tunisia |
65 kg | Omar Mohamed Mourad Egypt | Manaceu Ngonda Angola | Kossai Ajimi Tunisia |
70 kg | Abderrahmane Benaissa Algeria | Mohamed Ali Zorgui Tunisia | Said Elgahsh Egypt |
74 kg | Mohamed Abdelhady Egypt | Rayanne Essaidi Morocco | Mohamed Bendjah Algeria |
79 kg | Matteo Tresse Cape Verde | Karim Eldobay Egypt | Youcef Douh Algeria |
86 kg | Harrison Onovwiomogbohwo Nigeria | Roberto Nsangua Angola | Yacine Lakrout Algeria |
92 kg | Mohamed Aziz Beji Tunisia | Hamza Kacedi Algeria | Jones Mabungu Angola |
97 kg | Mohamed Salaheldin Egypt | Radwane Radwane Tunisia | Kegan Coetzee South Africa |
125 kg | Fekry Eissa Egypt | Brahim Melki Tunisia | Nassim Boudechicha Algeria |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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55 kg | Ahmed Abdelbary Shaban Egypt | Mohamed Kalila Algeria | Virinao Nguatjiti Namibia |
60 kg | Mohamed Hkiri Tunisia | Mouadh Tazekrit Algeria | Mohamed Ayman Ibrahim Egypt |
63 kg | Adham Ayman Elsayed Egypt | Oussama Nasr Tunisia | Ali Sabri Kharouba Algeria |
67 kg | Moustafa Alameldin Egypt | Fayssal Benfredj Algeria | Koussay Melki Tunisia |
72 kg | Yehia Abdelkader Egypt | Belhasan Azaouzi Tunisia | Mohamed Zemmedj Algeria |
77 kg | Mahmoud Adel Ahmed Egypt | Haithem Issaad Algeria | Mohamed Malhi Tunisia |
82 kg | Mahmoud Walid Ibrahim Egypt | Dhiyaeddine Remmache Algeria | Omar Rezgui Tunisia |
87 kg | Kareem Eldesouky Egypt | Roberto Nsangua Angola | Abderrahmen Bouguerra Algeria |
97 kg | Mehdi Ben Mohamed Tunisia | Fares Issaad Algeria | Mohamed Abdelnaby Ahmed Egypt |
130 kg | Fekry Eissa Egypt | Mohamed Hassen Nasr Tunisia | Adem Lenchi Algeria |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 kg | Abir Zarrouki Tunisia | Malak Osama Moustafa Egypt | Asma Belaid Algeria |
53 kg | Fatima Bouchibi Algeria | Chaima Nasri Tunisia | Kyla Meyer South Africa |
55 kg | Tarilayefa Bekefula Nigeria | Achouak Tekouk Algeria | Nour Raouafi Tunisia |
57 kg | Louji Yassin Egypt | Saida Cheridi Tunisia | Helena As South Africa |
59 kg | Farah Ali Hamada Egypt | Kavelishimwe Abraham Namibia | Nawel Bahloul Algeria |
62 kg | Mastoura Soudani Algeria | Gharam Askar Egypt | Chahd Jeljeli Tunisia |
65 kg | Khadija Jlassi Tunisia | Mouda Badawi Hamdoun Egypt | Sofia Vemba Angola |
68 kg | Menatalla Badran Egypt | Aya Ichaoui Tunisia | Nassma Essatouri Morocco |
72 kg | Heba Sapry Ibrahim Egypt | Nesrine Chwerfi Tunisia | Lou Akissi Irie Ivory Coast |
76 kg | Ranim Saidi Tunisia | Ariana Xavier Cape Verde | None awarded |
* Host nation (Tunisia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt | 15 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Tunisia * | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
3 | Algeria | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
4 | South Africa | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
5 | Namibia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Angola | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 30 | 30 | 27 | 87 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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45 kg | Mustapha Batnini Tunisia | Carlos Giammello South Africa | Calvin Dreyer Namibia |
48 kg | Dominick Aoun South Africa | Haroun Bouthouri Tunisia | Mohammed Adel Kheyar Algeria |
51 kg | Mokbel Sahli Tunisia | Redouane Sissaoui Algeria | Karim Elemary Egypt |
55 kg | Abdelghani Aid Algeria | Rohan du Plessis South Africa | Abdallah Jrad Tunisia |
60 kg | Ghayth Feleh Tunisia | Kamal Amr Othman Egypt | Petrus Walt South Africa |
65 kg | Fares Elsawy Egypt | Miguel Vata António Angola | Jaun Rosenblatt Hugo South Africa |
71 kg | Mohamed Chibikh Algeria | Ismail Hamed Elsayed Egypt | Mohamed Zwabi Tunisia |
80 kg | Juan Bisschoff South Africa | Amenallah Kthiri Tunisia | None awarded |
92 kg | Wiandru Rooyen South Africa | Hamza Kacedi Algeria | Pieter Lafras Uys Namibia |
110 kg | Marwan Ehab Mohamed Egypt | Anis Meziti Algeria | Hendrik Louw South Africa |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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45 kg | Calvin Dreyer Namibia | Helmi Chihi Tunisia | Carlos Giammello South Africa |
48 kg | Karim Elemary Egypt | Dominick Aoun South Africa | Sameh Jabri Tunisia |
51 kg | Omar Mohamed Ibrahim Egypt | Adel Yakoub Fegas Algeria | Phumlani Maphumulo South Africa |
55 kg | Ahmed Abdelbary Shaban Egypt | Firas Bouthouri Tunisia | Lazarus Haimbodi Namibia |
60 kg | Mohamed Ayman Ibrahim Egypt | Petrus Walt South Africa | Rayen Zayeni Tunisia |
65 kg | Mohamed Abdelrahim Egypt | Ayoub Bentebiche Algeria | Omar Malha Tunisia |
71 kg | Youssef Ahmed Badawy Egypt | Zakaria Abes Algeria | Abdelmajid Aouissaoui Tunisia |
80 kg | Seef Sameh Abdalaziz Egypt | Abderrahmen Bouguerra Algeria | Bilel Hafdhallah Tunisia |
92 kg | Abdelfattah Abdelzaher Egypt | Pieter Lafras Uys Namibia | Youcef Haddad Algeria |
110 kg | Mohamed Abdelnaby Ahmed Egypt | Adem Lenchi Algeria | Youssef Aloui Tunisia |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
40 kg | Mareim Abdelaal Egypt | Malak Sammoudi Tunisia | None awarded |
43 kg | Islem Nasr Tunisia | Gharam Abdelaal Egypt | Anouar Khelif Algeria |
46 kg | Dounia Zitouni Algeria | Hadil Abdelli Tunisia | None awarded |
49 kg | Chloe Brewis South Africa | Malak Osama Moustafa Egypt | Nourhene Hedhli Tunisia |
53 kg | Manar Said Elmasry Egypt | Fatima Zahra Bouchikhi Algeria | Malek Khelifi Tunisia |
57 kg | Sabah Eid Khamis Egypt | Chahd Jeljeli Algeria | Melissa Merzouk Tunisia |
61 kg | Chaima Dahi Tunisia | Gloria Niyonkuru Burundi | Ilissia Amara Algeria |
65 kg | Mouda Badawi Hamdoun Egypt | Yelda Outis Algeria | Eya Bouafia Tunisia |
69 kg | Joseth Sasa Mavungu Angola | Yasmine Bouregba Algeria | Hadil Kahouli Tunisia |
73 kg | Melissa Belaid Algeria | Rouyem Jlassi Tunisia | Sarah Randrianandrasana Madagascar |
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