African Weightlifting Championships

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

Weights Athletes compete in a total of 16 weight categories (8 for men and 8 for women) since 2026:

Men categories: 60 kg, 65 kg, 71 kg, 79 kg, 88 kg, 94 kg, 110 kg and +110 kg. Women categories: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 86 kg and +86 kg.

Editions YearEditionVenueEventsResultsMW 1979 1 Cairo, Egypt 30 1985 2 Aswan, Egypt 30 1986 3 Nairobi, Kenya 30 1988 4 Cairo, Egypt 30 1989 5 Boufarik, Algeria 30 1990 6 Tripoli, Libya 30 1992 7 Nairobi, Kenya 30 1993 8 Cairo, Egypt 30 1994 9 Cape Town, South Africa 30 1996 10 Ismailia, Egypt 30 1997 11 Cairo, Egypt 30 1998 12 1 Algiers, Algeria 45 2000 13 2 Yaoundé, Cameroon 45 2001 14 3 Stellenbosch, South Africa 45 2002 15 4 Nairobi, Kenya 45 2004 16 5 Tunis, Tunisia 45 2005 17 6 Kampala, Uganda 45 2006 18 7 El Jadida, Morocco 45 2008 19 8 Strand, South Africa 45 2009 20 9 Kampala, Uganda 45 2010 21 10 Yaoundé, Cameroon 45 2011 22 11 Cape Town, South Africa 45 2012 23 12 Nairobi, Kenya 45 2013 24 13 Casablanca, Morocco 45 2015 25 14 Brazzaville, Congo 45 2016 26 15 Yaoundé, Cameroon 45 2017 27 16 Vacoas, Mauritius 48 2018 28 17 Mahébourg, Mauritius 48 2019 29 18 Cairo, Egypt 60 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 2025 35 24 Moka, Mauritius 60 20263625 Ismailia, Egypt

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.

African Junior Weightlifting Championships Since 1995.

African Youth Weightlifting Championships

YearEditionVenueMW 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:

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

External links Official WFA website