2023 African Weightlifting Championships

Host city	Tunis, Tunisia
Events	20 (10 men's and 10 women's)
Dates	14-19 May
Main venue	La Goulette Hall
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The 2023 African Weightlifting Championships was held in La Goulette, Tunis, Tunisia from 14 to 19 May 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 kg
Snatch	Davis Niyoyita   Uganda	95 kg	Isaac Sinka   Zambia	75 kg	Not awarded, lack of entries
Clean & Jerk	Davis Niyoyita   Uganda	120 kg	Isaac Sinka   Zambia	95 kg
Total	Davis Niyoyita   Uganda	215 kg	Isaac Sinka   Zambia	170 kg
61 kg
Snatch	Amine Bouhijbha   Tunisia	117 kg	Jules Andriamahefa   Madagascar	105 kg	Jelgib Elion Ndunyama   DR Congo	80 kg
Clean & Jerk	Amine Bouhijbha   Tunisia	140 kg	Jelgib Elion Ndunyama   DR Congo	92 kg	Not awarded (no registered mark)
Total	Amine Bouhijbha   Tunisia	257 kg	Jelgib Elion Ndunyama   DR Congo	172 kg
67 kg
Snatch	Akram Chekhchoukh   Algeria	127 kg	Ayoub Salem   Tunisia	126 kg	Mohamed Sameer Masoud   Libya	122 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ayoub Salem   Tunisia	154 kg	Mohamed Aziz Ben Hadj   Tunisia	153 kg	Akram Chekhchoukh   Algeria	152 kg
Total	Ayoub Salem   Tunisia	280 kg	Akram Chekhchoukh   Algeria	279 kg	Mohamed Aziz Ben Hadj   Tunisia	273 kg
73 kg
Snatch	Karem Ben Hnia   Tunisia	146 kg	Edidiong Umoafia   Nigeria	142 kg	Samir Fardjallah   Algeria	141 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karem Ben Hnia   Tunisia	180 kg	Samir Fardjallah   Algeria	174 kg	Edidiong Umoafia   Nigeria	170 kg
Total	Karem Ben Hnia   Tunisia	326 kg	Samir Fardjallah   Algeria	315 kg	Edidiong Umoafia   Nigeria	312 kg
81 kg
Snatch	Ameur Messaoudi   Algeria	145 kg	Mohamed Messaour   Algeria	139 kg	Slim Bchini   Tunisia	138 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ameur Messaoudi   Algeria	170 kg	Hamza Ben Amor   Tunisia	168 kg	Slim Bchini   Tunisia	162 kg
Total	Ameur Messaoudi   Algeria	315 kg	Hamza Ben Amor   Tunisia	305 kg	Slim Bchini   Tunisia	300 kg
89 kg
Snatch	Karim Abokhala   Egypt	167 kg	Islam Aboelwafa   Egypt	161 kg	Faris Touairi   Algeria	160 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karim Abokhala   Egypt	208 kg	Faris Touairi   Algeria	192 kg	Islam Aboelwafa   Egypt	190 kg
Total	Karim Abokhala   Egypt	375 kg	Faris Touairi   Algeria	352 kg	Islam Aboelwafa   Egypt	351 kg
96 kg
Snatch	Salim Elbagor   Algeria	152 kg	Ayoub Dridi   Tunisia	135 kg	Laur Lvain Woudje Nzale   Cameroon	125 kg
Clean & Jerk	Salim Elbagor   Algeria	180 kg	Ayoub Dridi   Tunisia	176 kg	Laur Lvain Woudje Nzale   Cameroon	160 kg
Total	Salim Elbagor   Algeria	332 kg	Ayoub Dridi   Tunisia	311 kg	Laur Lvain Woudje Nzale   Cameroon	285 kg
102 kg
Snatch	Yasser Usama Hemdan   Egypt	168 kg	Aymen Touairi   Algeria	166 kg	Mohamed Abdelalim   Egypt	164 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yasser Usama Hemdan   Egypt	208 kg	Aymen Touairi   Algeria	203 kg	Mohamed Abdelalim   Egypt	200 kg
Total	Yasser Usama Hemdan   Egypt	376 kg	Aymen Touairi   Algeria	369 kg	Mohamed Abdelalim   Egypt	364 kg
109 kg
Snatch	Aymen Bacha   Tunisia	170 kg	Antony Swanepoel   South Africa	123 kg	Johannes Beukman   South Africa	120 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aymen Bacha   Tunisia	205 kg	Antony Swanepoel   South Africa	147 kg	Johannes Beukman   South Africa	145 kg
Total	Aymen Bacha   Tunisia	375 kg	Antony Swanepoel   South Africa	270 kg	Johannes Beukman   South Africa	265 kg
109+ kg
Snatch	Walid Bidani   Algeria	192 kg	Abdelrahman El-Sayed   Egypt	185 kg	Bilal Bouamr   Morocco	154 kg
Clean & Jerk	Abdelrahman El-Sayed   Egypt	243 kg AF	Bilal Bouamr   Morocco	186 kg	Maik Lahamadi Ezzedine   Tunisia	180 kg
Total	Abdelrahman El-Sayed   Egypt	428 kg	Bilal Bouamr   Morocco	340 kg	Maik Lahamadi Ezzedine   Tunisia	330 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
45 kg
Snatch	Nadia Katbi   Algeria	51 kg	Not awarded, lack of entries
Clean & Jerk	Nadia Katbi   Algeria	65 kg
Total	Nadia Katbi   Algeria	116 kg
49 kg
Snatch	Maha Fajreslam   Morocco	64 kg	Winnifred Ntumi   Ghana	58 kg	Nour Khafaoui   Tunisia	57 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nour Khafaoui   Tunisia	81 kg	Maha Fajreslam   Morocco	79 kg	Winnifred Ntumi   Ghana	71 kg
Total	Maha Fajreslam   Morocco	143 kg	Nour Khafaoui   Tunisia	138 kg	Winnifred Ntumi   Ghana	129 kg
55 kg
Snatch	Eya Aquadi   Tunisia	72 kg	Israa Bejaoui   Tunisia	71 kg	Not awarded, lack of entries
Clean & Jerk	Eya Aquadi   Tunisia	93 kg	Israa Bejaoui   Tunisia	90 kg
Total	Eya Aquadi   Tunisia	165 kg	Israa Bejaoui   Tunisia	161 kg
59 kg
Snatch	Rafiatu Lawal   Nigeria	95 kg AF	Adijat Olarinoye   Nigeria	93 kg	Ghofrane Belkhir   Tunisia	92 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rafiatu Lawal   Nigeria	122 kg	Adijat Olarinoye   Nigeria	118 kg	Souhir Khmiri   Tunisia	95 kg
Total	Rafiatu Lawal   Nigeria	217 kg AF	Adijat Olarinoye   Nigeria	211 kg	Ech-Chaibia Ech-Chachouiy   Morocco	167 kg
64 kg
Snatch	Chaima Rhamouni   Tunisia	90 kg	Jawaher Gesmi   Tunisia	86 kg	Ruby Malvina   Seychelles	80 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chaima Rhamouni   Tunisia	108 kg	Jawaher Gesmi   Tunisia	107 kg	Ruby Malvina   Seychelles	107 kg
Total	Chaima Rhamouni   Tunisia	198 kg	Jawaher Gesmi   Tunisia	193 kg	Ruby Malvina   Seychelles	187 kg
71 kg
Snatch	Neama Said   Egypt	103 kg	Joy Ogbonne Eze   Nigeria	102 kg	Ketty Lent   Mauritius	89 kg
Clean & Jerk	Neama Said   Egypt	126 kg	Joy Ogbonne Eze   Nigeria	125 kg	Ketty Lent   Mauritius	108 kg
Total	Neama Said   Egypt	229 kg	Joy Ogbonne Eze   Nigeria	227 kg	Ketty Lent   Mauritius	197 kg
76 kg
Snatch	Joelita Coloma   Seychelles	85 kg	Bouchra Fatima Zohra Hirech   Algeria	81 kg	Zeineb Maghraoui   Tunisia	78 kg
Clean & Jerk	Bouchra Fatima Zohra Hirech   Algeria	103 kg	Rayssa Djifack Ma-Atemken Zomgoua   Cameroon	103 kg	Zeineb Maghraoui   Tunisia	101 kg
Total	Joelita Coloma   Seychelles	185 kg	Bouchra Fatima Zohra Hirech   Algeria	184 kg	Rayssa Djifack Ma-Atemken Zomgoua   Cameroon	180 kg
81 kg
Snatch	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	117 kg AF	Jeanne Eyenga   Cameroon	96 kg	Not awarded, lack of entries
Clean & Jerk	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	151 kg AF	Jeanne Eyenga   Cameroon	121 kg
Total	Sara Ahmed   Egypt	268 kg AF	Jeanne Eyenga   Cameroon	217 kg
87 kg
Snatch	Samar Said   Egypt	105 kg	Fatma Ahmed   Egypt	97 kg	Alison Sunee   Mauritius	85 kg
Clean & Jerk	Fatma Ahmed   Egypt	125 kg	Samar Said   Egypt	124 kg	Alison Sunee   Mauritius	106 kg
Total	Samar Said   Egypt	229 kg	Fatma Ahmed   Egypt	222 kg	Alison Sunee   Mauritius	191 kg
87+ kg
Snatch	Halima Abdelazim   Egypt	115 kg	Amina Yahiamamoun   Algeria	82 kg	Estelle Momeni   Cameroon	81 kg
Clean & Jerk	Halima Abdelazim   Egypt	145 kg	Estelle Momeni   Cameroon	95 kg	Amina Yahiamamoun   Algeria	93 kg
Total	Halima Abdelazim   Egypt	260 kg	Estelle Momeni   Cameroon	176 kg	Amina Yahiamamoun   Algeria	175 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

  *   Host nation ( Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	7	1	2	10
2	Tunisia*	6	5	3	14
3	Algeria	3	5	1	9
4	Nigeria	1	2	1	4
5	Morocco	1	1	1	3
6	Seychelles	1	0	1	2
7	Uganda	1	0	0	1
8	Cameroon	0	2	2	4
9	South Africa	0	1	1	2
10	DR Congo	0	1	0	1
	Zambia	0	1	0	1
12	Mauritius	0	0	2	2
13	Ghana	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		20	19	15	54

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

  *   Host nation ( Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	20	5	5	30
2	Tunisia*	18	14	11	43
3	Algeria	12	12	5	29
4	Nigeria	3	7	2	12
5	Uganda	3	0	0	3
6	Morocco	2	3	2	7
7	Seychelles	2	0	3	5
8	Cameroon	0	6	5	11
9	South Africa	0	3	3	6
10	Zambia	0	3	0	3
11	DR Congo	0	2	1	3
12	Ghana	0	1	2	3
13	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
14	Mauritius	0	0	6	6
15	Libya	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		60	57	46	163

Team ranking

Participating nations

A total of 107 competitors from 17 nations participated.

Men's results

55 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Davis Niyoyita ( UGA)	A	85	95	100		120	126	126		215
	Isaac Sinka ( ZAM)	A	70	75	80		85	90	95		170

61 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Amine Bouhijbha ( TUN)	A	112	116	117		140	148	148		257
	Jelgib Elion Ndunyama ( COD)	A	75	80	80		92	92	100		172
—	Jules Andriamahefa ( MAD)	A	105	113	113		130	130	130	—	—

67 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Ayoub Salem ( TUN)	A	121	124	126		150	154	154		280
	Akram Chekhchoukh ( ALG)	A	122	125	127		151	151	152		279
	Mohamed Aziz Ben Hadj ( TUN)	A	120	124	126	4	143	147	153		273
4	Mohamed Sameer Masoud ( LBA)	A	110	116	122		136	142	144	4	266
5	Abderrahmane Rhaloui ( MAR)	A	105	110	115	5	130	135	140	6	245
6	Mohamed Moulabbi ( MAR)	A	105	110	112	6	130	135	140	5	240
7	Daison Phiri ( ZAM)	A	85	88	88	7	115	115	115	7	200
8	Francis Sebembe ( ZAM)	A	65	70	74	8	90	95	195	8	164
—	Isa Rustamov ( AZE)	A	130	135	138	—	160	164	168	—	302

73 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Karem Ben Hnia ( TUN)	A	146	149	149		180	187	187		326
	Samir Fardjallah ( ALG)	A	141	145	146		172	174	181		315
	Edidiong Umoafia ( NGR)	A	137	142	146		160	170	175		312
4	Gerard Abeussa ( CMR)	A	122	126	130	6	157	162	168	4	294
5	Jon-Antohein Phillips ( RSA)	A	108	113	115	7	150	156	156	5	258
6	Joseph Njovu ( ZAM)	A	85	90	95	8	110	110	115	7	205
7	Steven Banda ( ZAM)	A	75	75	77	9	95	97	97	8	172
—	Abderrahim Moum ( MAR)	A	125	130	133	4	155	157	161	—	—
—	Ahsaan Shabi ( LBA)	A	132	136	136	5	161	161	163	—	—
—	Mohamed Meknaci ( ALG)	A	130	131	133	—	150	150	162	6	—
—	Omar Javadov ( AZE)	A	135	140	143	—	160	167	171	—	310

81 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Ameur Messaoudi ( ALG)	A	140	145	151		170	177	178		315
	Hamza Ben Amor ( TUN)	A	133	133	137	4	162	168	168		305
	Slim Bchini ( TUN)	A	135	138	140		162	165	165		300
4	Jeremie Ngouanom Nzali ( CMR)	A	126	126	131	6	161	161	166	4	287
5	Mohammed Alsharif Alzintani ( LBA)	A	119	126	127	5	146	152	157	5	279
6	Roger Soukoudjou Sinetang ( CMR)	A	120	125	130	7	151	156	157	6	276
7	Daniel Katzav ( RSA)	A	100	107	110	8	130	137	140	7	250
—	Mohamed Messaour ( ALG)	A	135	135	139		161	161	161	—	—

89 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Karim Abokahla ( EGY)	A	162	167	167		200	208	213		375
	Faris Touairi ( ALG)	A	160	163	164		182	192	201		352
	Islam Aboelwafa ( EGY)	A	148	155	161		180	190	190		351
4	Akano Desmond ( NGR)	A	140	145	145	4	180	190	190	4	335
5	Daniel Onana Tanga ( CMR)	A	140	140	145	5	180	180	180	6	320
6	Said Alioua ( MAR)	A	135	140	141	6	180	180	181	5	316
7	Rayen Ghrissa ( TUN)	A	122	127	130	7	155	161	164	7	288
8	Vuyani Mashego ( RSA)	A	121	125	126	8	148	156	160	8	274
9	Andre William Gadney ( RSA)	A	114	120	122	9	134	140	145	9	259

96 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Salim Elbagor ( ALG)	A	145	152	160		175	175	180		332
	Ayoub Dridi ( TUN)	A	130	135	135		170	176	181		311
	Laur Lvain Woudje Nzale ( CMR)	A	115	125	131		155	160	170		285
—	Mahmoud Hosny ( EGY)	A	120	—	—	—	150	—	—	—	—

102 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Yasser Usama Hemdan ( EGY)	A	160	165	168		200	204	208		376
	Aymen Touairi ( ALG)	A	163	166	171		203	208	211		369
	Mohamed Abdelalim ( EGY)	A	164	170	170		200	205	205		364
4	Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu ( CMR)	A	156	161	161	4	195	195	201	4	351
5	Khelwin Juboo ( MRI)	A	135	140	140	5	168	175	180	5	320
6	Ruben Burger ( RSA)	A	138	140	140	6	170	170	177	6	310
—	Ahmed Abuzriba ( LBA)	A	130	—	—	—	180	—	—	—	—

109 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Aymen Bacha ( TUN)	A	163	170	178		190	200	205		375
	Antony Swanepoel ( RSA)	A	115	123	123		140	147	150		270
	Johannes Beukman ( RSA)	A	120	120	126		145	145	154		265

+109 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Abdelrahman El-Sayed ( EGY)	A	175	185	193		226	243	245		428
	Bilal Bouamr ( MAR)	A	144	151	154		181	182	186		340
	Maik Lahamadi Ezzedine ( TUN)	A	143	150	153	4	180	183	186		330
4	Bokang Kagiso ( BOT)	A	120	125	130	5	150	151	155	4	280
—	Walid Bidani ( ALG)	A	192	197	199		225	225	225	—	—

Women's results

45 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Nadia Katbi ( ALG)	A	45	51	51		60	65	70		116
—	Nazila Ismayilov ( AZE)	A	55	60	62	—	66	72	75	—	132

49 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Maha Fajreslam ( MAR)	A	57	60	64		74	79	82		143
	Nour Khafaoui ( TUN)	A	57	61	61		75	81	85		138
	Winnifred Ntumi ( GHA)	A	56	58	58		68	71	73		129

55 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Eya Aquadi ( TUN)	A	65	69	72		85	90	93		165
	Israa Bejaoui ( TUN)	A	65	71	73		85	90	93		161

59 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Rafiatu Lawal ( NGR)	A	91	91	95		115	115	122		217
	Adijat Olarinoye ( NGR)	A	90	93	93		110	118	118		211
	Ech-Chaibia Ech-Chachouiy ( MAR)	A	76	80	81	5	91	95	96	4	167
4	Sandra Owusu ( GHA)	A	72	72	72	6	85	88	88	5	157
5	Ebongo Nelly Ebong ( CMR)	A	51	55	55	7	67	71	71	6	126
–	Georgia Love ( RSA)	A	71	71	71	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Ghofrane Belkhir ( TUN)	A	88	92	96		–	–	–	–	–
–	Souhir Khmiri ( TUN)	A	78	78	78	–	95	103	103		–
–	Anneke Spies ( RSA)	A	74	74	75	–	105	105	105	–	–

64 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Chaima Rahmouni ( TUN)	A	87	90	92		108	111	111		198
	Jawaher Gesmi ( TUN)	A	83	86	88		107	110	112		193
	Ruby Malvina ( SEY)	A	75	80	87		100	107	113		187
4	Fatima Zohra Laghouati ( ALG)	A	73	76	76	4	95	101	101	4	171
5	Yolandi van Ryneveld ( RSA)	A	70	73	73	5	86	91	96	5	161
6	Chantelle Burger ( RSA)	A	64	67	70	6	83	86	90	6	156
7	Lydia Nakidde ( UGA)	A	60	65	70	7	75	80	85	7	150

71 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Neama Said ( EGY)	A	100	103	105		122	126	130		229
	Joy Ogbonne Eze ( NGR)	A	97	102	105		120	120	125		227
	Ketty Lent ( MRI)	A	86	89	89		103	108	110		197
4	Laryne Jefferies ( RSA)	A	83	83	86	5	103	106	110	4	192
5	Rkia Sabihi ( MAR)	A	80	84	87	4	104	109	109	5	191
6	Nawres Hamroui ( TUN)	A	76	81	81	7	95	100	103	6	176
7	Nihad Belounis ( ALG)	A	72	77	77	6	92	97	101	7	174
—	Renee Manuela Hyeng ( CMR)	A	66	66	66	—	—	—	—	—	—

76 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Joelita Coloma ( SEY)	A	80	84	85		100	101	—	4	185
	Bouchra Fatima Zohra Hirech ( ALG)	A	81	85	86		101	103	106		184
	Rayssa Djifack Ma-Atemken Zomgoua ( CMR)	A	77	82	83	4	96	101	103		180
4	Zeineb Maghraoui ( TUN)	A	78	78	83		101	103	104		179
5	Kerrin Leigh Bough ( RSA)	A	71	77	83	5	90	96	101	5	173

81 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Sara Ahmed ( EGY)	A	110	114	117		140	146	151		268
	Jeanne Eyenga ( CMR)	A	89	89	96		117	121	121		217

87 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Samar Said ( EGY)	A	100	100	105		116	124	124		229
	Fatma Ahmed ( EGY)	A	97	100	101		115	123	125		222
	Alison Sunee ( MRI)	A	75	82	85		97	106	110		191
4	Phalone Leticia Nzimo ( CMR)	A	75	81	85	4	102	107	111	4	183

+87 kg

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Halima Abdelazim ( EGY)	A	110	110	115		145	145	145		260
	Estelle Momeni ( CMR)	A	81	87	87		95	103	107		176
	Amina Yahiamamoun ( ALG)	A	75	82	88		93	105	106		175
4	Marie Korkor Agbah-Hughes ( GHA)	A	60	64	66	4	85	89	92	4	158

Notes

1. ^ Three Azerbaijani athletes participated in the championships as guest athletes, due to leaving the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships over a flag desecration incident. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

External links

• Start Book
• Results
• Results Book
• Results Book with Azerbaijani athletes