2017 African Wrestling Championships

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2017 African Championship
Host cityMorocco Marrakesh, Morocco
Dates28–30 April
Stadium
Champions
Freestyle Egypt
Greco-Roman Egypt
Women Nigeria
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The 2017 African Wrestling Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 28 to 30 April 2017.[1]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt (EGY)83314
2 Nigeria (NGR)82111
3 Tunisia (TUN)35816
4 Algeria (ALG)25512
5 Morocco (MAR)*2136
6 Senegal (SEN)1225
7 Cameroon (CMR)0516
8 South Africa (RSA)0112
9 DR Congo (COD)0055
10 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)0011
 Ivory Coast (CIV)0011
Totals (11 nations)24243179

Team ranking[]

Rank Men's freestyle[2] Women's freestyle[3] Men's Greco-Roman[4]
Team Points Team Points Team Points
1  Egypt 63  Nigeria 78  Egypt 68
2  Tunisia 51  Tunisia 66  Morocco 62
3  Nigeria 46  Cameroon 52  Algeria 56
4  Senegal 40  Algeria 39  Tunisia 44
5  Morocco 35  Senegal 20  Democratic Republic of the Congo 43
6  Algeria 29  Benin 7  Nigeria 8
7  Democratic Republic of the Congo 28  Ivory Coast 7  Ivory Coast 7
8  Sudan 24  South Africa 7  South Africa 5
9  South Africa 20  Egypt 6
10  Cameroon 17
11  Ivory Coast 13
12  Guinea-Bissau 12
13  Madagascar 6

Medal summary[]

Men's freestyle[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg Morocco Chakir Ansari Algeria Abdelhak Kherbache Egypt
61 kg Senegal Adama Diatta Egypt Morocco
Guinea-Bissau Mbunde Cumba
65 kg Tunisia Senegal Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
70 kg Nigeria Ogbonna John Tunisia Maher Ghanmi Egypt
Algeria
74 kg Egypt Samy Moustafa Tunisia Algeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo
86 kg Egypt Tunisia Mohamed Saadaoui Senegal
South Africa
97 kg Nigeria Soso Tamarau South Africa Martin Erasmus Tunisia
Cameroon
125 kg Egypt Diaaeldin Kamal Senegal Ivory Coast

Men's Greco-Roman[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
59 kg Algeria Morocco Democratic Republic of the Congo
66 kg Egypt Mohamed Abouhalima Algeria Tarek Benaissa Tunisia
Morocco
71 kg Egypt Algeria Morocco
75 kg Morocco Zied Ait Ouagram Egypt Mohamed Elsayed Democratic Republic of the Congo
80 kg Algeria Bachir Sid Azara Egypt Mahmoud Fawzy Nigeria
85 kg Egypt Mohamed Metwally Algeria Adem Boudjemline Tunisia Mohamed Missaoui
98 kg Egypt Ahmed Othman Algeria Hamza Haloui Tunisia Amine Guennichi
130 kg Egypt Abdellatif Mohamed Tunisia Radhouane Chebbi Democratic Republic of the Congo

Women's freestyle[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Nigeria Mercy Genesis Tunisia Sarra Hamdi Algeria
53 kg Tunisia Maroi Mezien Nigeria Bose Samuel Algeria
55 kg Nigeria Odunayo Adekuoroye Cameroon Joseph Essombe Tunisia
58 kg Nigeria Aminat Adeniyi Cameroon Tunisia Dorssaf Gharssi
60 kg Tunisia Marwa Amri Nigeria Bisola Makanjuola Algeria
63 kg Nigeria Blessing Oborududu Cameroon Berthe Etane Ngolle Tunisia
69 kg Nigeria Cameroon Senegal Anta Sambou
75 kg Nigeria Winnie Gofit Cameroon Tunisia

Doping cases[]

  • from Algeria who won men's freestyle 65 kg event, tested positive for Stanozolol after the competition.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "African Championships" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Seniors Freestyle Teams Ranking" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Seniors Women's wrestling Teams Ranking" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Seniors Greco-Roman Teams Ranking" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ^ "DECISION Case Mr Iftene Zohier" (PDF). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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