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).

Weights

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

• Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
• Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.

Editions

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

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

Medals (2008-2022) (incomplete)

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals.

African Clubs Weightlifting Championships

Since 2022.

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:

See also

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

External links

• Official WFA website