African Para-Badminton Championships Explained

African Para-Badminton Championships
Last Season:
  1. 2022 Kampala
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Inaugural:2018
Founder:Para Badminton World Federation (now part of the BWF)

The African Para-Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Para Badminton World Federation (PBWF) which has now merged with the BWF. This tournament is hosted to crown the best para-badminton players in Africa.

The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted in Kampala, Uganda in 2018.

Championships

Individual championships

The table below states all the host cities (and their countries) of the African Championships.

YearNumberHost CityHost CountryEvents
20181Kampala18
2020CancelledKampalaCancelled
20222Kampala21

Past winners

2018 Kampala

The first edition of the championships was hosted in Kampala, Uganda.[1] Nigeria became the best country in this edition of the championships, having won a total of 7 gold medals and 5 silver medals in the championships.[2]

Men's singles WH2 Seyi Dada Dixon Atef Abdelkarim Mahmoud Nasr Youssif Elsayed
Bismark Kyei
Men's singles SL3 Chukwuebuka Sunday Eze Julius Masereka Edwin Muruah Mwangi
Paddy Kizza Kasirye
Men's singles SL4 Rafio Oyebanji Bello Zakareia Elsayed Abdo Ayoub Charles Kalega Kizza
Hassan Kamoga
Men's singles SU5 Mohamed Shaaban Abdelgawa Ismail Umar Baba Pate Azumah Salih Mohammed
George Byarugaba
Singles SH6 Yasmina Eissa Jeremia Ngungi Maringa Mona Salah Sayed Abdelham Ghallab
Ruth Mueni Nzioka
Doubles WH1–WH2 Seyi Dada Dixon
Bismark Kyei
Nasr Youssif Elsayed
Atef Abdelkarim Mahmoud
Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif
Asiya Mohammed Sururu
Safia Furkan
Akosua Nkansah
Men's doubles SL3–SL4 Rafio Oyebanji Bello
Chukwuebuka Sunday Eze
Paddy Kizza Kasirye
Charles Kalega Kizza
Bashir Mutyaba
James Ongaria
Hassan Kamoga
Julius Masereka
Women's singles WH2 Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif Asiya Mohammed Sururu Akosua Nkansah
Fidelis Wanjiru Wanjuu
Women's singles SL3–SU5 Gift Ijeoma Chukwuemeka Elizabeth Mwesigwa Naomi Sarpong
Rose Nansereko
Women's singles SL4–SU5 Khadija Khamuka Chinyere Lucky Okoro Zinabu Issah
Asha Kipwene Munene
Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Khadija Khamuka
Rose Nansereko
Gift Ijeoma Chukwuemeka
Chinyere Lucky Okoro
Zinabu Issah
Naomi Sarpong
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Atef Abdelkarim Mahmoud
Asiya Mohammed Sururu
Nasr Youssif Elsayed
Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif
Felix Acheampong
Akosua Nkansah
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Rafio Oyebanji Bello
Rose Nansereko
Umar Baba Pate
Gift Ijeoma Chukwuemeka
Azumah Salih Mohammed
Naomi Sarpong
Zakareia Ayoub
Khadija Khamuka

2022 Kampala

Kampala would host the games for a second time in 2022 after the 2020 edition was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] The Egyptian team won 8 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes in this edition.[5]

Men's singles WH1 Mohamed Rashad Ahmed Omar Gaber Ahmed Djenon Emmanuel Djah
Brian Mugabe
Men's singles WH2 Kouakou Bernard Ettien Daniel Kizza Kevin Mubiru
Men's singles SL3 Deada Jean Yves Yao Emmanuel Pinochet Amougui Walid Abdelghany Elsaied
Godfrey Katalo
Men's singles SL4 Hassan Mubiru Charles Kalega Kizza Joun Khaled Lotfy
Etienne Songa Bidjocka
Men's singles SU5 Prince Mamvumvu-Kidila Mohamed Shaaban Abdelgawa Ismail Ahmed Eldakrory
Singles SH6 Yasmina Eissa Bob Nkanga Pembele Abiba Bakayoko
Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Omar Gaber Ahmed
Mohamed Rashad Ahmed
Daniel Kizza
Brian Mugabe
Djenon Emmanuel Djah
Kouakou Bernard Ettien
Men's doubles SL3–SL4 Walid Abdelghany Elsaied
Joun Khaled Lotfy
Emmanuel Pinochet Amougui
Etienne Songa Bidjocka
Godfrey Katalo
Latif Ngobi
Charles Kalega Kizza
Julius Masereka
Men's doubles SU5 Prince Mamvumvu-Kidila
Hassan Mubiru
Ahmed Eldakrory
Mohamed Shaaban Abdelgawa Ismail
Willy Kalinaki
Jonathan Ochan
Women's singles WH1 Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif Sarah Nazziwa Flavia Basuuta
Women's singles WH2 Frida Ditu Kizinga Wivine Moyo Bangudulu Pamela Banura
Douayra Prisca Marie Trey
Women's singles SL3 Elizabeth Mwesigwa Rose Nansereko Massere Junior Beda
Martha Chewe
Women's singles SL4 Sherine Adel Fahmy Evelyne Manishimwe Vienna Hamuchenje
Pelagie Niyonzima
Women's singles SU5 Ritah Asiimwe Sumini Mutesi Josephine Zulu
Women's doubles WH1–WH2 Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif
Douayra Prisca Marie Trey
Brenda Nabukenya
Sarah Nazziwa
Pamela Banura
Cissy Nagawa
Flavia Basuuta
Jennifer Bumali Kabuwo
Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Ritah Asiimwe
Elizabeth Mwesigwa
Sumini Mutesi
Rose Nansereko
Evelyne Manishimwe
Pelagie Niyonzima
Massere Junior Beda
Ketsia Ambare
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Mohamed Rashad Ahmed
Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif
Djenon Emmanuel Djah
Douayra Prisca Marie Trey
Daniel Kizza
Sarah Nazziwa
Brian Mugabe
Brenda Nabukenya
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Walid Abdelghany Elsaied
Sherine Adel Fahmy
Prince Mamvumvu-Kidila
Martha Chewe
Mohamed Shaaban Abdelgawa Ismail
Lucy Kamanga
Hassan Mubiru
Elizabeth Mwesigwa

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: African Para-Badminton Championships 2018 BWF Para-Badminton . 2022-11-15 . bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
  2. Web site: Nwafor . 2018-05-04 . Nigeria wins 7 gold, 5 silver in Africa Para-Badminton Championships . 2022-11-15 . Vanguard News . en-GB.
  3. Web site: admin . 2020-11-13 . Uganda cancels 2020 Africa Para-Badminton Championship over COVID-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115145811/https://www.suprememagazine.news/uganda-cancels-2020-africa-para-badminton-championship-over-covid-19/ . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . www.suprememagazine.news . en.
  4. Web site: OPENING DAY: AFRICAN PARA BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 20th -24th September 22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115150053/https://badmintonafrica.com/opening-day-african-para-badminton-championships-20th-24th-september-22/ . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . Badminton Confederation of Africa . en-US.
  5. Web site: African Para Badminton Championships 2022 BWF Para-Badminton . 2022-11-15 . bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.