African U18 Championships in Athletics

African Youth Athletics Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	midyear
Frequency	biennial
Inaugurated	2013
Organised by	Confederation of African Athletics

The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics competition for African athletes, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition. ^[1]

The competition was the third continental athletics competition to be created for that age level, following in the steps of the South American and Oceanian events. Its proposal, coming at a similar time as that for the European Athletics Youth Championships, marked a growing interest in international competition for younger people. ^{[2] [3]}

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of events	No. of athletes	Leading nation
1	2013	Warri	Nigeria	28–31 March	Warri Township Stadium	36		Nigeria
2	2015	Reduit	Mauritius	23–26 April	Maryse Justin Stadium	38	350	South Africa
3	2019	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	16–20 April	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	39		South Africa
4	2023	Ndola	Zambia	29 April – 3 May	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium	41		South Africa
5	2025	Abeokuta	Nigeria	16–20 July	MKO Abiola Sports Complex	41		South Africa

Championships records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.47 A (−1.6 m/s)	Werner Bezuidenhout	South Africa	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[4]
200 m	20.52 (±0.0 m/s)	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[5]
400 m	46.01 A	Samuel Uchenna Ogazi	Nigeria	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[6]
800 m	1:46.54	Guirreh Abdo Razakhassan	Djibouti	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[7]
1500 m	3:41.96	Robert Biwott	Kenya	29 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
3000 m	7:56.29	Davis Kiplangat	Kenya	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[8]
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.26	Phenyo Miyen	South Africa	July 2025	2025 Championships	Abeokuta, Nigeria	[9]
400 m hurdles	51.36 A	Matodzi Ndo	South Africa	3 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[10]
2000 m steeplechase	5:35.47	Takele Bikila Tadese	Ethiopia	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[11]
High jump	2.10 m A	Luke van der Merwe	South Africa	29 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[12]
Long jump	7.41 (−0.4 m/s)	Muchine Khoua	Morocco	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Triple jump	15.70 m A (−0.1 m/s)	Precious Ugo Irivi	Nigeria	2 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[13]
Shot put (5 kg)	20.89 m	Burger Lambrechts jr	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[14]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	64.88 m	Werner Visser	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[15]
Javelin throw (700 g)	74.71 m	Chinekerem Nnadji	Nigeria	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[16]
Octathlon	5363 pts	Bryan Tonta	Mauritius	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put 400m 110m H (wind) High jump Javelin 1000m 11.29 (+0.4 m/s) 6.57 m (−0.5 m/s) 11.59 m 52.72 14.58 (±0.0 m/s) 1.93 m 31.20 m 3:04.61
10,000 m walk	46:09.53	Pierre Vermaak	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[17]
Swedish relay	1:53.35	Ebrima Camara Alieu Joof Sonko Alagie Keita Tijani	Gambia	31 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.53 A (−1.4 m/s)	Faith Okwose	Nigeria	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[18]
200 m	23.31 A (−0.2 m/s)	Faith Okwose	Nigeria	2 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[19]
400 m	52.28	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[20]
800 m	2:05.05	Zeyituna Mohammed Aliyi	Ethiopia	29 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
1500 m	4:10.73 A	Nancy Cherop	Kenya	29 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[21]
3000 m	9:10.57	Emily Chebet	Kenya	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[22]
100 m hurdles (0.76 m)	13.30 (+1.0 m/s)	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[23]
400 m hurdles	59.22	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[24]
2000 m steeplechase	6:20.47	Sandra Felis Chebet	Kenya	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[25]
High jump	1.80 m	Rhizlane Siba	Morocco	30 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Pole vault	3.80 m A	Ansume de Beer	South Africa	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[ citation needed ]
Long jump	6.08 m A (−0.5 m/s)	Timeke-Jade Coetzee	South Africa	1 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[26]
Triple jump	12.56 m	Kasie Veronica Ugeh	Nigeria	March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Shot put	14.95 m	Yolandi Stander	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[27]
Discus throw	50.10 m A	Alicia Khunou	South Africa	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	[28]
Hammer throw	63.51 m	Phetinsag Makhethe	South Africa	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[29]
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.57 m	Heike De Nyssechen	South Africa	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[30]
Heptathlon	4733 pts	Sylvia Schulz	Namibia	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 15.04 (+1.1 m/s) 1.57 m 9.24 m 26.19 (+3.1 m/s) 5.24 m 30.45 m 2:19.94
5000 m walk	25:20.28	Fadakemi Floren Olude	Nigeria	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[31]
Swedish relay	2:08.71	Omotayo Abolaji Aniekeme Alphonsus Blessing Adiakerenwa Praise Idamadudu	Nigeria	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	[32]

References

General

• CAA: African U18 Championships Records Archived 2019-10-03 at the Wayback Machine 20 April 2019 updated

Specific

1. Minshull, Phil (2013-03-31). Kenya's Chepwogen, Jepkemei and Biwott impress at African Youth Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
2. Timetable 1st African Youth Championships ^{[ permanent dead link ]}. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
3. Mistrzostwa Europy dla juniorów młodszych? (in Polish). PZLA (2013-03-13). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
4. "100m Results". sportronics.co.zm. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
5. Yemi Olus (22 April 2019). "Kenya and South Africa shine at African U18/U20 Championships in Abidjan". IAAF. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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8. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Men's Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
9. "2025 African U18 Athletics Championships Results". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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13. "Triple Jump Results". sportronics.co.zm. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
14. "Shot Put Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
15. "Discus Throw Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
16. "Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 16-20.4.2019 -African Championships u20 and u18-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
17. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Men's Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
18. "100m Results". sportronics.co.zm. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
19. "200m Results". sportronics.co.zm. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
20. Yemi Olus (22 April 2019). "Kenya and South Africa shine at African U18/U20 Championships in Abidjan". IAAF. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
21. "1500m Results". sportronics.co.zm. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
22. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
23. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
24. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
25. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
26. "Long Jump Results". sportronics.co.zm. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
27. "Shot Put Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
28. "Discus Throw Results". sportronics.co.zm. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
29. "Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 16-20.4.2019 -African Championships u20 and u18-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
30. "Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 16-20.4.2019 -African Championships u20 and u18-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
31. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
32. "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). MAA. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

External links

• Confederation of African Athletics website