The African Taekwondo Championships are the African senior taekwondo championships and held every two years by the African Taekwondo Union along with the South African Taekwondo Federation, both the continental affiliates of World Taekwondo. [1] This is a recognized G-4 senior event by World Taekwondo. [2] [3]
All the listed editions of the tournament. [4]
Edition | Year | Host city | Host country | Men's champion | Women's champion |
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1 | 1996 ( | )Johannesburg | South Africa | Lesotho | Kenya |
2 | 1998 ( | )Nairobi | Kenya | Lesotho | Lesotho |
3 | 2001 ( | )Dakar | Senegal | Senegal | Senegal |
4 | 2003 ( | )Abuja | Nigeria | Egypt | Egypt |
5 | 2005 ( | )Antananarivo | Madagascar | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast |
6 | 2009 ( | )Yaounde | Cameroon | Egypt | Morocco |
7 | 2010 ( | )Tripoli | Libya | Tunisia | Morocco |
8 | 2012 ( | )Antananarivo | Madagascar | Ivory Coast | Egypt |
9 | 2014 ( | )Tunis | Tunisia | Egypt | Egypt |
10 | 2016 ( | )Port Said | Egypt | Egypt | Egypt |
11 | 2018 ( | )Agadir | Morocco | Tunisia | Morocco |
12 | 2021 ( | )Dakar | Senegal | Tunisia | Morocco |
12 | 2022 ( | )Kigali | Rwanda | Morocco | Egypt |
List of medal count by countries [5]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egypt | 48 | 33 | 35 | 116 |
2 | Morocco | 31 | 23 | 31 | 85 |
3 | Ivory Coast | 27 | 26 | 48 | 101 |
4 | Tunisia | 26 | 18 | 23 | 67 |
5 | Lesotho | 15 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
6 | Senegal | 14 | 16 | 24 | 54 |
7 | Kenya | 9 | 15 | 20 | 44 |
8 | South Africa | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
9 | Libya | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
10 | Gabon | 5 | 5 | 23 | 33 |
11 | Mali | 4 | 6 | 21 | 31 |
12 | Niger | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
13 | Nigeria | 2 | 8 | 17 | 27 |
14 | Central African Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
15 | Madagascar | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
16 | Algeria | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
17 | Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
18 | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
19 | Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
20 | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
21 | Cameroon | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
22 | Ghana | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
23 | Chad | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
24 | Angola | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
25 | Gambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sudan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
27 | Benin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
28 | Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
29 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
32 | Comoros | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
34 | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (35 entries) | 202 | 196 | 371 | 769 |
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