Niger at the 2019 African Games explained

Noc:NIG
Country:Niger
Year:2019
Games:African Games
Games Link:2019 African Games
Flagcaption:Flag of Niger
Nocname:Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee
Location:Rabat, Morocco
Competitors:43
Competitors Men:28
Competitors Women:15
Sports:10
Rank:21
Gold:2
Silver:0
Bronze:1

Niger competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, 43 athletes represented Niger in 10 sports and won two gold medals and one bronze medal. All medals were won in Taekwondo and the country finished 21st in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

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MedalNameSportEventDate
Men's -68 kg
Men's +87 kg
Women's -57 kg
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Medals by sport
SportTotal
Taekwondo2013
Total2013

3x3 basketball

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2019 African Games.

Niger competed in 3x3 basketball in both the men's tournament and women's tournament. Both the men's team and women's team lost all their matches.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2019 African Games.

Ibrahim Hamzata Mahaman Salissou competed in the men's individual recurve event.[1]

Adamou Saley was also scheduled to compete in the same event but he did not compete.[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games.

Aminatou Seyni competed in the women's 100 metres event and she reached the semifinals.[3] She also finished in 4th place in the final of the women's 200 metres event.[3]

Moussa Zaroumey competed in the men's 400 metres event and he finished in 29th place in the heats.[3]

Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou competed in the women's 400 metres event and she finished in 20th place in the heats.[3]

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games.

Sahabi Gado Moussa, Amadou Hassane Abdoul Madjid, Harouna Nomaou Maman Sani, Sahabi Gado Aboubacar and Kimba Issaka Abdoul Kader represented Niger in boxing.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games.

Six athletes represented Niger in judo.

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games.

Issoufou Labo Adamou, Aboubacar A Tinni Amadou and Goumbi Kadade Mouniratou represented Niger in karate.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games.

Seydou Lancina Alassane, Mouctar Mamoudou Albachir and Moussa Mahamane Roukaya competed in swimming.

Alassane competed in the men's 50 metre backstroke and men's 50 metre freestyle events.[4]

Albachir competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle and men's 50 metre butterfly events.[5]

Roukaya competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events.[6]

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games.

Niger competed in Taekwondo. Ismael Yacouba Garba won the gold medal in the men's -68 kg event.[7]

Abdoul Razak Issoufou won the gold medal in the men's +87 kg event.[8]

Tekiath Ben Yessouf won the bronze medal in the women's -57 kg event.[9]

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2019 African Games.

Bello Fatimo was scheduled to compete in the men's singles event but he did not compete.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2019 African Games.

Niger competed in the women's beach volleyball tournament and finished in 12th place.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ibrahim Hamzata Mahaman Salissou - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 6 September 2019. 6 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906085207/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_archery-athlete-profile-n1009610-mahaman-salissou-ibrahim-hamzata.htm.
  2. Web site: Adamou Saley - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 6 September 2019. 6 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906085312/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_archery-athlete-profile-n1009609-saley-adamou.htm.
  3. Web site: 2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book . 7 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf . 1 September 2019 . dead .
  4. Web site: Seydou Lancina Alassane - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 26 August 2019. 26 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826122307/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_swimming-athlete-profile-n1009708-alassane-seydou-lancina.htm.
  5. Web site: Mouctar Mamoudou Albachir. 2019 African Games. 26 August 2019. 26 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826122427/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_swimming-athlete-profile-n1009705-albachir-mouctar-mamoudou.htm.
  6. Web site: Moussa Mahamane Roukaya - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 26 August 2019. 26 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826122606/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_swimming-athlete-profile-n1009701-roukaya-moussa-mahamane.htm.
  7. Web site: Yacouba Garba Ismael - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 24 August 2019. 24 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190824140154/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_taekwondo-athlete-profile-n1009600-ismael-yacouba-garba.htm.
  8. Web site: Issoufou Alfaga Abdoul Razak - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 24 August 2019. 24 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190824140325/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_taekwondo-athlete-profile-n1009599-abdoul-razak-issoufou-alfaga.htm.
  9. Web site: Ben Yessouf Tekiath - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 24 August 2019. 24 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190824140430/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_taekwondo-athlete-profile-n1009597-tekiath-ben-yessouf.htm.
  10. Web site: Niger - Beach Volleyball Team. 2019 African Games. 6 September 2019. 6 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906085541/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_beach-volley-athlete-profile-n566-garba-siddo-seydou-djabanga.htm.