East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships explained

East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships
Athletes Participating:	over 200^[1]
Nations Participating:	10
Previous:	2016 Dar es Salaam

The East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships (EAAR), also just called the East Africa Junior Athletics Championships, is a track and field competition for junior athletes in East Africa and Central Africa.^[2]

The championships were held for the first time in Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar in 2013.^[1] They were then hosted by Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2016.^[3] They consisted of athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Zanzibar.^{[2] [4]}

Kenyan athletes won 10 gold medals at the 2016 Championships.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zanzibar to host Regional Junior Athletics Championship.
2. Web site: Tanzania to host East, Central Africa athletics championship. 28 April 2021 .
3. Web site: Kenyan juniors top the field in Tanzania. 4 July 2020 .
4. Web site: Dar to host EA junior athletics tourney, but....
5. Web site: Kenyan junior athletes emerge best in Dar.