2017 African Championship
Host cityMorocco Marrakesh, Morocco
Dates28–30 April
StadiumSalle Couverte Zerktouni
Champions
Freestyle Egypt
Greco-Roman Egypt
Women Nigeria

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 entries)24243179

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle[2] Women's freestyle[3] Men's Greco-Roman[4]
Team Points Team Points Team Points
1  Egypt63 Nigeria78 Egypt68
2  Tunisia51 Tunisia66 Morocco62
3  Nigeria46 Cameroon52 Algeria56
4  Senegal40 Algeria39 Tunisia44
5  Morocco35 Senegal20 Democratic Republic of the Congo43
6  Algeria29 Benin7 Nigeria8
7  Democratic Republic of the Congo28 Ivory Coast7 Ivory Coast7
8  Sudan24 South Africa7 South Africa5
9  South Africa20 Egypt6
10  Cameroon17
11  Ivory Coast13
12  Guinea-Bissau12
13  Madagascar6

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg Morocco Chakir Ansari Algeria Abdelhak Kherbache Egypt Ibrahim Hafez
61 kg Senegal Adama Diatta Egypt Ahmed Mohamed Morocco Othmane El Bahja
Guinea-Bissau Mbunde Cumba
65 kg Tunisia Kaireddine Ben Telili Senegal Jean Bernard Diatta Democratic Republic of the Congo Bopamba Ngoy
Egypt Aly Ibrahim Abdelhamid
70 kg Nigeria Ogbonna John Tunisia Maher Ghanmi Egypt Amr Reda Ramadan Hussen
Algeria Mohamed Boudraa
74 kg Egypt Samy Moustafa Tunisia Ali Ayari Algeria Mohamed Boudina
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kayis Mupompa
86 kg Egypt Mahmoud Badawi Tunisia Mohamed Saadaoui Senegal Cheikh Niang
South Africa Hein Janse van Rensburg
97 kg Nigeria Soso Tamarau South Africa Martin Erasmus Tunisia Imed Kaddidi
Cameroon Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga
125 kg Egypt Diaaeldin Kamal Senegal Thiacka Faye Ivory Coast Adama Tangara

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
59 kg Algeria Abdennour Laouni Morocco Anwar Tango Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngeta Ibamda
66 kg Egypt Mohamed Abouhalima Algeria Tarek Benaissa Tunisia Fahmi Meddeb
Morocco Bilal El-Bahja
71 kg Egypt Ibrahim Ghanem Algeria Akrem Boudjemline Morocco Aziz Boualem
75 kg Morocco Zied Ait Ouagram Egypt Mohamed Elsayed Democratic Republic of the Congo Kayis Mupompa
80 kg Algeria Bachir Sid Azara Egypt Mahmoud Fawzy Nigeria Tochukwu Okeke
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 Gagan Mabuba

Women's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Nigeria Mercy Genesis Tunisia Sarra Hamdi Algeria Kheira Yahiaoui
53 kg Tunisia Maroi Mezien Nigeria Bose Samuel Algeria Hanene Salaouandji
55 kg Nigeria Odunayo Adekuoroye Cameroon Joseph Essombe Tunisia Rim Ayari
58 kg Nigeria Aminat Adeniyi Cameroon Gertrude Prombove Yondno Tunisia Dorssaf Gharssi
60 kg Tunisia Marwa Amri Nigeria Bisola Makanjuola Algeria Amina Benabderrahmane
63 kg Nigeria Blessing Oborududu Cameroon Berthe Etane Ngolle Tunisia Lilia Mejri
69 kg Nigeria Dressman Kemasuodei Cameroon Blandine Metala Epanga Senegal Anta Sambou
75 kg Nigeria Winnie Gofit Cameroon Danielle Sino Guemde Tunisia Wiem Trabelsi

Doping cases

  • Zohier Iftene 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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