2023 African Wrestling Championships

2023 African Wrestling Championships
Host city	Hammamet, Tunisia
Dates	15-21 May 2023
Stadium	Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Egypt
Greco-Roman	Algeria
Women	Nigeria
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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]}

Medal table (Seniors)

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	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

Seniors

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg	Diamantino Iuna Fafé   Guinea-Bissau	Gamal Mohamed   Egypt	Roland Nforsong   Cameroon
			Khalil Barkouti   Tunisia
61 kg	Abdelhak Kherbache   Algeria	Firas Khalifa   Tunisia	Shehabeldin Mohamed   Egypt
			Yassine Jaa   Morocco
65 kg	Farouk Jelassi   Tunisia	Frederik Nortje   South Africa	Zohier Iftene   Algeria
			Omar Mourad   Egypt
70 kg	Said El Gahsh   Egypt	Mohamed Ali Zorgui   Tunisia	Pieter Roedulf   South Africa
			Sylvio Diatta   Senegal
74 kg	Amr Reda Hussen   Egypt	Bacar Ndum   Guinea-Bissau	Yassine Faraj   Morocco
			Abdelkader Ikkal   Algeria
79 kg	Ahmed Khaled Mohamed   Egypt	Chemseddine Fetairia   Algeria	Francisco Kadima   Angola
			Ebikeme Newlife   Nigeria
86 kg	Fateh Benferdjallah   Algeria	Saifeldin Elkoumy   Egypt	Harrison Onovwiomogbohwo   Nigeria
			Edward Louwis Lessing   South Africa
92 kg	Imed Kaddidi   Tunisia	Mahmoud Walid Ibrahim   Egypt	Machiel Grobler   South Africa
97 kg	Mostafa Elders   Egypt	Mohamed Saadaoui   Tunisia	Nicolaas De Lange   South Africa
125 kg	Diaaeldin Kamal   Egypt	Hamza Rahmani   Tunisia	Anas Lamkabber   Morocco

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Mohamed Yacine Dridi   Algeria	Adem Lamloum   Tunisia	Alexandro Haininga   Namibia
60 kg	Haithem Mahmoud   Egypt	Ibrahim Bunduka   Sierra Leone	Ismail Ettalibi   Morocco
			Romio Goliath   Namibia
63 kg	Abdeldjebar Djebbari   Algeria	Ahmad Baghduda   Egypt	Oussama Nasr   Tunisia
67 kg	Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed   Egypt	Ishak Ghaiou   Algeria	Aymen Ben Ali   Tunisia
72 kg	Abdelmalek Merabet   Algeria	Mohamed Yehia Abdelkader   Egypt	Radhwen Tarhouni   Tunisia
77 kg	Mohamed Zahab Khalil   Egypt	Akram Boudjemline   Algeria	Sami Slama   Tunisia
82 kg	Abdelkrim Ouakali   Algeria	Elias Chiguer   Morocco	Mahmoud Walid Ibrahim   Egypt
87 kg	Bachir Sid Azara   Algeria	Emad Abouelatta   Egypt	Mohamed Dhia Jabri   Tunisia
97 kg	Mohamed Ali Gabr   Egypt	Adem Boudjemline   Algeria	Skander Missaoui   Tunisia
130 kg	Abdellatif Mohamed   Egypt	Amine Guennichi   Tunisia	Hichem Kouchit   Algeria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Mercy Genesis   Nigeria	Cheima Chebila   Algeria	Emma Wangila   Kenya
53 kg	Christianah Ogunsanya   Nigeria	Nogona Bakayoko   Ivory Coast	Ibtissem Doudou   Algeria
			Abir Zarrouki   Tunisia
55 kg	Jumoke Adekoye   Nigeria	Achouak Tekouk   Algeria	Lobna Ichaoui   Tunisia
57 kg	Mercy Adekuoroye   Nigeria	Faten Hammami   Tunisia	Rayane Houfaf   Algeria
59 kg	Siwar Bousetta   Tunisia	Patience Opuene   Nigeria	Farah Ali Hussein   Egypt
62 kg	Marwa Amri   Tunisia	Esther Kolawole   Nigeria	Fatoumata Camara   Guinea
65 kg	Khadija Jlassi   Tunisia	Ebipatei Mughenbofa   Nigeria	Eunice Mburu   Kenya
68 kg	Blessing Oborududu   Nigeria	Samah Abdellatif   Egypt	Nour Jeljeli   Tunisia
72 kg	Ebi Biogos   Nigeria	Menatalla Badran   Egypt	Zaineb Sghaier   Tunisia
76 kg	Samar Amer   Egypt	Hannah Reuben   Nigeria	Anta Sambou   Senegal

Participating nations

204 competitors from 21 nations participated:

1.   Algeria (25)
2.   Angola (13)
3.   Ivory Coast (3)
4.   Cameroon (6)
5.   Comoros (2)
6.   Cape Verde (3)
7.   Egypt (26)
8.   Guinea-Bissau (3)
9.   Guinea (1)
10.   Kenya (17)
11.   Madagascar (5)
12.   Morocco (24)
13.   Mauritius (2)
14.   Namibia (2)
15.   Nigeria (17)
16.   South Africa (14)
17.   Senegal (3)
18.   Sierra Leone (3)
19.   Sudan (1)
20.   Tunisia (30) (Host)
21.   Uganda (4)

Juniors (U-20)

Medal table (U-20)

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Cadets (U-17)

Medal table (U-17)

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Women's freestyle

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

References

1. "African Championships". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 18 January 2023.
2. "UWW announces hosts for 2022, 2023 World C'ships" . Retrieved 18 January 2023.
3. "African Wrestling Championship" . Retrieved 26 January 2023.
4. "African Championships 2023" . Retrieved 26 January 2023.

External links

• UWW Official Website
• Results Book Archived