Aerobic Gymnastics African Championships

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Aerobic Gymnastics African Championships
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Frequencybiennial
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Inaugurated2010 (2010)

The African Aerobic Gymnastics Championships is an African Aerobic Gymnastics competition organized by the African Gymnastics Association held since the year 2010, From the 2014 Edition in Walvis Bay, Namibia The Championship is organized every two year regularly.

List of Editions

YearsHost
2010 Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia, Walvis Bay [1]
2014 Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia, Walvis Bay [2]
2016 Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria, Algiers [3]
2018 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville [4]
2020 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh [5]
2022 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt, Cairo

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References

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