African Weightlifting Championships

African Weightlifting Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Sports Event
Date(s)	Usually April
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Various
Inaugurated	1979
Organised by	WFA

The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA). ^[1]

Weights

Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women) since 2019:

Weights	45 kg	49 kg	55 kg	59 kg	61 kg	64 kg	67 kg	71 kg	73 kg	76 kg	81 kg	87 kg	+87 kg	89 kg	96 kg	102 kg	109 kg	+109 kg
Men categories			x		x		x		x		x			x	x	x	x	x
Women categories	x	x	x	x		x		x		x	x	x	x

Editions

Year	Edition		Venue	Events	Results
	M	W
1979	1		Cairo, Egypt	30
1985	2		Aswan, Egypt	30	[2]
1986	3		Nairobi, Kenya	30	[2]
1988	4		Cairo, Egypt	30	[2]
1989	5		Boufarik, Algeria	30
1990	6		Tripoli, Libya	30
1992	7		Nairobi, Kenya	30	[2]
1993	8		Cairo, Egypt	30	[2]
1994	9		Cape Town, South Africa	30	[2]
1996	10		Ismailia, Egypt	30	[2]
1997	11		Cairo, Egypt	30	[2]
1998	12	1	Algiers, Algeria	45	[3]
2000	13	2	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45	[4]
2001	14	3	Stellenbosch, South Africa	45	[5]
2002	15	4	Nairobi, Kenya	45	[6]
2004	16	5	Tunis, Tunisia	45	[7]
2005	17	6	Kampala, Uganda	45	[8]
2006	18	7	El Jadida, Morocco	45	[9]
2008	19	8	Strand, South Africa	45	[10]
2009	20	9	Kampala, Uganda	45	[11]
2010	21	10	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45	[12]
2011	22	11	Cape Town, South Africa	45	[13]
2012	23	12	Nairobi, Kenya	45	[14]
2013	24	13	Casablanca, Morocco	45	[15]
2015	25	14	Brazzaville, Congo	45	[16]
2016	26	15	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45	[17]
2017	27	16	Vacoas, Mauritius	48	[18]
2018	28	17	Mahébourg, Mauritius	48	[19]
2019	29	18	Cairo, Egypt	60	[20]
2020	30	19	Vacoas, Mauritius	60
2021	31	20	Nairobi, Kenya	60
2022	32	21	Cairo, Egypt	60
2023	33	22	Tunis, Tunisia	60
2024	34	23	Ismailia, Egypt	60

•     Held jointly with the 2011 Commonwealth Championship.
•     Held as part of the 2015 African Games.
•     Was cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Medals (2008-2023) (incomplete)

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	140	103	70	313
2	Egypt	108	39	24	171
3	Nigeria	81	47	16	144
4	Algeria	67	93	69	229
5	Cameroon	45	47	47	139
6	South Africa	24	35	48	107
7	Madagascar	20	19	14	53
8	Libya	17	32	28	77
9	Seychelles	16	25	25	66
10	Morocco	10	25	49	84
11	Mauritius	8	25	22	55
12	Uganda	4	10	9	23
13	Kenya	0	9	7	16
14	Ghana	0	5	19	24
15	Zambia	0	3	0	3
16	DR Congo	0	2	2	4
17	Botswana	0	0	2	2
18	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		540	519	452	1511

African Junior Weightlifting Championships

Since 1995.

African Youth Weightlifting Championships

Year	Edition		Venue
	M	W
2009	1	1	Kampala, Uganda
2010	2	2	Cairo, Egypt
2011	3	3
2012	4	4	Tunis, Tunisia
2013	5	5	Casablanca, Morocco
2014	6	6	Tunis, Tunisia
2015	7	7	Entebbe, Uganda
2016	8	8	Cairo, Egypt
2017	9	9	Entebbe, Uganda
2018	10	10	Cairo, Egypt
2019	11	11	Kampala, Uganda
Sources: [21] [22]

African Clubs Weightlifting Championships

Since 2022.

See also

• Weightlifting at the 2007 All-Africa Games
• Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games
• Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games

References

1. "Revue olympique : Organe officiel du mouvement olympique. Vol. 138-139, Avril-Mai 1979". Revue olympique. 1979.
2. "Afrique Senior". Archived from the original on 2017-06-14.
3. "IWF Calendar". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
4. "2000 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2000-10-09.
5. "2001 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2001-12-13.
6. "2002 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
7. "2004 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2004-12-29.
8. "2005 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2005-12-22.
9. "Events | Calendar | 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
10. "2008 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19.
11. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2009". iwf.sport.
12. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2010". iwf.sport.
13. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2011". iwf.sport.
14. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2012". iwf.sport.
15. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2013". iwf.sport.
16. "African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships". www.wfa.com.ly.
17. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2016". iwf.sport.
18. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2017". iwf.sport.
19. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2018". iwf.sport.
20. "Result book: African Senior Weightlifting Qualification Championships 2019" (PDF). www.wfa.com.ly.
21. "Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net.
22. "Results by Events". IWF.

External links

• Official WFA website