African Weightlifting Championships Explained

African Weightlifting Championships
Status:	Active
Genre:	Sports Event
Date:	Usually April
Frequency:	Annual
Location:	Various
First:	1979
Organised:	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
width=30	M	width=30	W
	1			30
	2			30	^[2]
	3			30
	4			30
	5			30
	6			30
	7			30
	8			30
	9			30
	10			30
	11			30
	12	1		45	^[3]
	13	2		45	^[4]
	14	3		45	^[5]
	15	4		45	^[6]
	16	5		45	^[7]
	17	6		45	^[8]
	18	7		45	^[9]
	19	8		45	^[10]
	20	9		45	^[11]
	21	10		45	^[12]
	22	11		45	^[13]
	23	12		45	^[14]
	24	13		45	^[15]
	25	14		45	^[16]
	26	15		45	^[17]
	27	16		48	^[18]
	28	17		48	^[19]
	29	18		60	^[20]
2020	30	19	Vacoas, Mauritius	60
	31	20		60
	32	21		60
	33	22		60
	34	23		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.

African Junior Weightlifting Championships

Since 1995.

African Youth Weightlifting Championships

Year	Edition		Venue
width=30	M	width=30	W
	1	1	Kampala, Uganda
	2	2	Cairo, Egypt
	3	3
	4	4	Tunis, Tunisia
	5	5	Casablanca, Morocco
	6	6	Tunis, Tunisia
	7	7	Entebbe, Uganda
	8	8	Cairo, Egypt
	9	9	Entebbe, Uganda
	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

External links

• Official WFA website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Revue olympique : Organe officiel du mouvement olympique. Vol. 138-139, Avril-Mai 1979. Revue olympique. 1979.
2. Web site: Afrique Senior . https://web.archive.org/web/20170614202838/http://www.halteropedia.fr/resultats-internationaux/championnats-d-afrique/afrique-senior.html. 2017-06-14 . dead .
3. Web site: IWF Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/19981202222345/http://www.iwf.net/iwfcalendar.html . 1998-12-02 . dead.
4. Web site: 2000 Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/20001009004316/http://www.iwf.net/iwfcalendar.html . 2000-10-09 . dead.
5. Web site: 2001 Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/20011213230327/http://www.iwf.net/calendar/calendar.html . 2001-12-13 . dead.
6. Web site: 2002 Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/20021208184609/http://www.iwf.net/calendar/calendar.html . 2002-12-08 . dead.
7. Web site: 2004 Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/20041229031827/http://www.iwf.net/calendar/2004.html . 2004-12-29 . dead.
8. Web site: 2005 Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/20051222014538/http://www.iwf.net/calendar/2005.html . 2005-12-22 . dead.
9. Web site: Events Calendar 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061208154511/http://www.iwf.net/iwf/events/calendar/cal2006.php . 2006-12-08 . dead . 2019-11-10 .
10. Web site: 2008 Calendar . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219183331/http://www.iwf.net/calendar/cal2008.php . 2008-12-19 . dead.
11. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2009 . iwf.sport.
12. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2010 . iwf.sport.
13. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2011 . iwf.sport.
14. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2012 . iwf.sport.
15. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2013 . iwf.sport.
16. Web site: African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships . www.wfa.com.ly.
17. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2016 . iwf.sport.
18. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2017 . iwf.sport.
19. Web site: Old BW Results by Events 2018 . iwf.sport.
20. Web site: Result book: African Senior Weightlifting Qualification Championships 2019 . www.wfa.com.ly.
21. Web site: Weightlifting Database . iwrp.net.
22. Web site: Results by Events . IWF.