African Youth Athletics Championships

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The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics competition for African athletes, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition.[1]

The competition was the third continental athletics competition to be created for that age level, following in the steps of the South American and Oceanian events. Its proposal, coming at a similar time as that for the European Athletics Youth Championships, marked a growing interest in international competition for younger people.[2][3]

Editions[]

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
events 		No. of
athletes
1 2013 Warri  Nigeria 28–31 March Warri Township Stadium 36
2 2015 Reduit  Mauritius 23–26 April 38 350
3 2019 Abidjan  Ivory Coast 16–20 April Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Championships records[]

Boys[]

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Championships Place Ref
100 m 10.50 (+0.7 m/s) Tlotliso Leotlela  South Africa 24 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [4]
200 m 20.52 (0.0 m/s)  South Africa 19 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [5]
400 m 46.26 Lythe Pillay  South Africa 17 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [6]
800 m 1:46.54  Djibouti 20 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [7]
1500 m 3:41.96 Robert Biwott  Kenya 29 March 2013 2013 Championships Nigeria Warri, Nigeria
3000 m 7:56.29  Kenya 25 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [8]
110 m hurdles (0.91 m) 13.92 (+0.1 m/s)  South Africa 18 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [9]
400 m hurdles 52.28  Kenya 24 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [10]
2000 m steeplechase 5:35.47  Ethiopia 17 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [11]
High jump 2.04 m  Botswana 26 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [12]
Long jump 7.41 (-0.4 m/s)  Morocco 24 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius
Triple jump 15.18 (+0.9 m/s)  Nigeria 30 March 2013 2013 Championships Nigeria Warri, Nigeria
Shot put (5 kg) 20.89 m  South Africa 24 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [13]
Discus throw (1.5 kg) 64.88 m Werner Visser  South Africa 23 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [14]
Javelin throw (700 g) 74.71 m  Nigeria 19 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [15]
Octathlon 5363 pts  Mauritius 23 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius
11.29 (+0.4 m/s) (100 m), 6.57 (-0.5 m/s) (long jump), 11.59 m (shot put), 52.72 (400 m), 14.58 (0.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.93 m (high jump), 31.20 m (javelin), 3:04.61 (1000 m)
10000 m walk 46:09.53  South Africa 26 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [16]
Swedish relay 1:53.35 Ebrima Camara


  Gambia 31 March 2013 2013 Championships Nigeria Warri, Nigeria

Girls[]

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Championships Place Ref
100 m 11.73 (+0.7 m/s)  South Africa 23 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [17]
200 m 23.38 (+0.3 m/s) Favour Ofili  Nigeria 18 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [18]
400 m 52.28 Favour Ofili  Nigeria 17 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [19]
800 m 2:05.05  Ethiopia 29 March 2013 2013 Championships Nigeria Warri, Nigeria
1500 m 4:17.37 Beatha Nishimwe  Rwanda 26 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [20]
3000 m 9:10.57  Kenya 23 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [21]
100 m hurdles (0.76 m) 13.30 (+1.0 m/s)  South Africa 24 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [22]
400 m hurdles 59.22  South Africa 26 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [23]
2000 m steeplechase 6:20.47  Kenya 25 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [24]
High jump 1.80 m Rhizlane Siba  Morocco 30 March 2013 2013 Championships Nigeria Warri, Nigeria
Pole vault 3.20 m  Algeria 23 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [25]
Long jump 5.73 m (+0.7 m/s)  South Africa 25 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [26]
Triple jump 12.56 m  Nigeria March 2013 2013 Championships Nigeria Warri, Nigeria
Shot put 14.95 m  South Africa 23 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [27]
Discus throw 42.95 m  South Africa 26 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [28]
Hammer throw 63.51 m  South Africa 20 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [29]
Javelin throw (500 g) 51.57 m  South Africa 19 April 2019 2019 Championships Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast [30]
Heptathlon 4733 pts  Namibia 25 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius
15.04 (+1.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.57 m (high jump), 9.24 m (shot put), 26.19 (+3.1 m/s) (200 m), 5.24 m (long jump), 30.45 m (javelin), 2:19.94 (800 m)
5000 m walk 25:20.28  Nigeria 26 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [31]
Swedish relay 2:08.71
Aniekeme Alphonsus

Praise Idamadudu 		 Nigeria 24 April 2015 2015 Championships Mauritius Moka, Mauritius [32]

References[]

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  2. ^ Timetable 1st African Youth Championships[permanent dead link]. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  3. ^ Mistrzostwa Europy dla juniorów młodszych? (in Polish). PZLA (2013-03-13). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
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  13. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Discus Throw Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 16-20.4.2019 -African Championships u20 and u18-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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  17. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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  19. ^ Yemi Olus (22 April 2019). "Kenya and South Africa shine at African U18/U20 Championships in Abidjan". IAAF. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  21. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  22. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  23. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  24. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  25. ^ "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  26. ^ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  27. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  28. ^ "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  29. ^ "Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 16-20.4.2019 -African Championships u20 and u18-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  30. ^ "Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 16-20.4.2019 -African Championships u20 and u18-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  31. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  32. ^ "2015 African Youth Athletics Championships Track Results" (PDF). . 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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