African Mountain Bike Championships Explained

The Union Cycliste Internationale African Mountain Bike Championships (French : Championnat d'Afrique de VTT) is the highest echelon of Mountain Bike racing on the African continent. First held in 2007 at Windhoek, Namibia the event has been contested every year since. It is ruled and managed by the African Cycling Confederation. Over the years top riders from South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Mauritius, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe have attended this prestigious race. The championships are an Olympic qualifying event.

Editions

EditionsYearHost CountryHost City
I
II Mankele
III Cape Town
IV Casela - Yemen
V Pietermaritzburg
VI Cape Town
VII Musanze
VIII Afriski
IX Bel-Ombre
X Wadi Degla
XI
XII COVID-19 Disruption No event,
XIII COVID-19 Disruption No event,
XIV

Men's summary

Elites

YearGoldSilverBronze
2007
2009 Ben Swanepoel
2011 Burry Stander Philip Buys
2012 Adrien Niyonshuti
2013 Heinrich Köhne
2014 Rourke Croeser
2015 James Reid Matthys Beukes
2016 Philip Buys James Reid Arno Du Toit
2017 Alan Hatherly Stuart Marais Yannick Lincoln
2018 Alan Hatherly Stuart Marais Till Drobisch
2019 Alan Hatherly Philip Buys Alex Miller
2022 Alex Miller (cyclist) Philip Buys Luke Moir

Under 23

YearGoldSilverBronze
2009 Burry Stander Matthys Beukes Bryce Munro
2011 James Reid Dominic Calitz Adriaan Louw
2012 Rourke Croeser Gert Heyns James Reid
2013 Brendon Davids James Reid Arno du Toit
2014 James Reid Brendon Davids Arno du Toit
2016 Alan Hatherly Marc Fourie Julian Jessop
2017 Tristan De Lange Tumelo Makae Henry Liebenberg
2018 Jarrod van den Heever Tristan de Lange Reinhard Zellhuber
2019 Wessel Botha Julian Jessop Henry Liebenberg

Juniors

YearGoldSilverBronze
2007 Kim Joerges
2009 Shaun Silver
2011 Luke Roberts
2012 Paul Rodenbach
2013 Ivan Venter
2014 Alan Hatherly
2015 Tristan De Lange Brandon Plaatjies Johan Hartzenberg
2016 Herbert Peters Henry Liebenberg Wessel Botha
2017 Rossouw Bekker Pieter Du Toit Axel Miller
2018 Alex Miller Keagan Bontekoning Daniel van der Walt
2019 Daniel van der Walt Johan van Zyl Tristan Nortje

Women's summary

Elites

YearGoldSilverBronze
2007
2012 Heletje Van Staden
2013 Samantha Sanders
2014
2015 Michelle Vorster
2016 Mariske Strauss Cherie Vale Michelle Vorster
2017 Michelle Vorster Aurelie Halbwachs Likeleli Masitise
2018 Cherie Redecker Nancy Akinyi Nesrine Ghedira
2019 Mariske Strauss Cherie Redecker Candice Lill

Under 23

YearGoldSilverBronze
2013 Vera Adrian
2014 Hayley Smith
2016 Genevieve Van Coller Frances Du Toit Bianca Haw
2017 Skye Davidson
2018 Stacey Hyslop Ebtisam Zayed Donia Rashwan
2019 Anita Yama

Juniors

YearGoldSilverBronze
2007
2012
2013
2014 Kimberly Le Court de Billot
2015 Skye Davidson Stacey Hyslop
2016 Danielle Strydom Christie Hearder Allison Morton
2017
2018 Wissam Bouzegzi Maroi Rania Alami Marrouni Yasmine Bouzenzen
2019 Zandri Strydom Frances Janse van Rensburg Emma Van Coller

Team Cross-country

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016
Michelle Vorster
Costa Seibeb
Herbert Peters
Tristan De Lange

Malefetsane Lesofe
Cabonina Koqo
Likeleli Masitise
Phetetso Monese

Skye Davidson
Anthony Greenway
Stacey Hyslop
Jake Greenway
2017

Cross-Country Marathon

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016 Yannick Lincoln Costa Seibeb Phetetso Monese
2017 Arno du Toit Yannick Lincoln Adil Jelloul

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
2016 Amy McDougall Ila Gray
2017 Aurelie Halbwachs Skye Davidson Pauline Toulet

Climbing

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
2012 Jaysan Mohesh
2014 Johann Potgieter
2016 Tiaan Odendaal Stefan Garlicki Johann Potgieter

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
2014
2016 Kim Westbrook

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