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Competition · 2025

African Youth Championships

Date: 15 Aug 2025
Location: Accra, GHA · Ghana
Level: Youth Continental; Official IWF results

Athletes

20 men · 23 women

Countries

Kg lifted

6,855

Good lifts

72%

258 attempts

Lifts

Average and best lifts across all weight classes

Men Women

Average and best lifts by gender
	Avg Sn	Avg C&J	Avg total	Best Sn	Best C&J	Best total
Men	91	111	202	142	167	309
Women	57	71	122	91	109	200

Medal table

14 nations won medals

All Men Women

Medal table by nation
#	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	3	1	0	4
2	Egypt	3	1	0	4
3	Algeria	2	2	0	4
4	Nigeria	2	0	0	2
5	Libya	1	2	1	4
6	Kenya	1	1	1	3
7	Madagascar	1	1	0	2
8	Cameroon	1	1	0	2
9	Morocco	1	0	0	1
10	Mauritius	0	1	1	2
11	South Africa	0	1	0	1
12	Ghana	0	0	2	2
13	Sierra Leone	0	0	1	1
14	Botswana	0	0	1	1

Ages

Athletes by age category on competition day

Youngest, oldest and average age by gender
	Youngest	Oldest	Average
Men	15	18	17
Women	15	18	16
All	15	18	16

Consistency and bombouts

258 attempts in total

Good lifts, missed lifts and bombouts by gender
	Made %	Good	Missed	Bombouts
Men	76%	91	29	0
Women	70%	96	42	2
All	72%	187	71	2

ICS leaders

Top competition scores at this event

What is ICS?

Top ten athletes by competition score
#	Athlete	Class	ICS
1	Onjatiana Herman MAD	56	6
2	Naoui Zeineb TUN	+77	5
3	Olarinoye Florence Oluwadamilare NGR	58	4
4	Elfedawy Abeer EGY	69	4
5	Chaabi Qossey ALG	60	4
6	Ezenwa Chinaza Cecelia NGR	48	4
7	Mohamed Sadek EGY	65	3
8	Moussa Haroun ALG	56	3
9	Vermeulen Dunay RSA	+77	3
10	Munyengwa Thabo BOT	56	2

ICS summary by gender
	Max	Avg	Total
Men	6	2	39
Women	5	2	40
All	6	2	79

Sinclair

Bodyweight-adjusted scores

Sinclair summary by gender
	Max	Avg	Median	Medallist avg
Men	400.82	296	302.73	310
Women	249.67	161	162.41	191

Top ten men’s Sinclair scores
#	Athlete	Class	Sinclair
1	Ali Ali	79	400.82
2	Mohamed Sadek	65	349.07
3	Matam Sandje David Hercule	88	348.08
4	Mohamed Islam Tewarry	71	343.40
5	Yemgoua Wafo Gaston	65	337.53
6	Khalleefah Abdulrauf	71	334.46
7	Albakhnasi Mohammed	79	316.88
8	Chaabi Qossey	60	316.67
9	Adongo Ian Okinyi	60	311.55
10	Onjatiana Herman	56	303.12

Top ten women’s Sinclair scores
#	Athlete	Class	Sinclair
1	Elfedawy Abeer	69	249.67
2	Ezenwa Chinaza Cecelia	48	219.82
3	Kerubo Mercy	63	218.96
4	Ghrissa Ghofrane	77	218.80
5	Olarinoye Florence Oluwadamilare	58	218.02
6	Radhouani Yasmine	53	216.50
7	Naoui Zeineb	+77	210.56
8	Mahmoud Sondous	77	210.04
9	Dris Inas	58	207.58
10	El Ghali Eya	69	205.83

Sinclair by bodyweight

Each point is one athlete’s Sinclair score against their weigh-in bodyweight

Men Women

Statistics by country

Athletes, ICS, bombouts and medals by nation
Nation	Athletes	ICS	Bombouts	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Algeria ALG	4	11	0	2	2	0
Tunisia TUN	4	10	0	3	1	0
Egypt EGY	4	10	0	3	1	0
Nigeria NGR	2	8	0	2	0	0
Madagascar MAD	3	7	1	1	1	0
Ghana GHA	7	7	0	0	0	2
Libya LBA	5	6	0	1	2	1
Kenya KEN	4	6	0	1	1	1
Cameroon CMR	2	4	0	1	1	0
Botswana BOT	2	3	0	0	0	1
Mauritius MRI	2	3	0	0	1	1
South Africa RSA	1	3	0	0	1	0
Sierra Leone SLE	1	1	0	0	0	1
Morocco MAR	2	0	1	1	0	0

Statistics by weight class

Average, median and maximum in each category

Athletes, bombouts, ICS, Sinclair and lifts by weight class
Class	Athletes	Bombouts	ICS		Sinclair			Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total
Class	Athletes	Bombouts	Total	Max	Avg	Med	Max	Avg	Med	Max	Avg	Med	Max	Avg	Med	Max
Men 56 kg	6	0	15	6	259	250.5	303.1	68	66	82	86	82.5	106	153	148.5	187
Men 60 kg	4	0	8	4	294	298.1	316.7	86	88.5	92	103	104	110	189	192.5	202
Men 65 kg	3	0	6	3	303	337.5	349.1	89	95	103	117	135	136	206	231	238
Men 71 kg	2	0	3	2	339	338.9	343.4	110	110	113	134	133.5	137	244	243.5	244
Men 79 kg	2	0	3	2	359	358.9	400.8	128	127.5	142	150	149.5	167	277	277	309
Men 88 kg	2	0	3	2	321	320.9	348.1	114	114	125	141	140.5	150	255	254.5	275
Men 94 kg	1	0	1	1	246	245.7	245.7	100	100	100	105	105	105	205	205	205
Women 44 kg	1	0	1	1	154	154.3	154.3	40	40	40	50	50	50	90	90	90
Women 48 kg	4	0	8	4	176	179.4	219.8	50	50.5	63	60	61.5	73	110	112	136
Women 53 kg	1	0	1	1	217	216.5	216.5	65	65	65	78	78	78	143	143	143
Women 58 kg	4	1	6	4	147	185.0	218.0	61	61	71	58	72.5	86	106	133	157
Women 63 kg	2	1	1	2	109	109.5	219.0	38	37.5	75	91	90.5	91	83	82.5	165
Women 69 kg	4	0	8	4	180	173.6	249.7	63	58.5	91	80	78	109	143	136.5	200
Women 77 kg	2	0	3	2	214	214.4	218.8	79	78.5	81	101	100.5	101	179	179	182
Women +77 kg	5	0	12	5	134	120.1	210.6	57	49	89	66	63	98	123	112	187

Men 56 kg

Men 56 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Onjatiana Herman	MAD	56	77 kg no lift	77 kg good lift	81 kg good lift	100 kg good lift	103 kg good lift	106 kg good lift	81	106	187	+6
2 Silver medals	Moussa Haroun	ALG	55.80	76 kg good lift	78 kg good lift	82 kg good lift	95 kg good lift	101 kg good lift	104 kg good lift	82	104	186	+3
3 Bronze medals	Abdulhamid Mahmoud	LBA	56	65 kg good lift	70 kg good lift	77 kg no lift	75 kg good lift	81 kg good lift	83 kg good lift	70	83	153	+2
4	Munyengwa Thabo	BOT	53.60	58 kg good lift	62 kg good lift	66 kg no lift	71 kg no lift	76 kg good lift	82 kg good lift	62	82	144	+2
5	Dodoo Zadok Nii Amul	GHA	54.80	54 kg no lift	55 kg no lift	55 kg good lift	65 kg good lift	70 kg good lift	73 kg no lift	55	70	125	+1
6	Waiyaki Ace wood	KEN	42.90	50 kg good lift	55 kg no lift	56 kg good lift	64 kg good lift	68 kg no lift	68 kg good lift	56	68	124	+1

Men 60 kg

Men 60 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Chaabi Qossey	ALG	58.50	86 kg good lift	92 kg good lift	93 kg no lift	107 kg no lift	107 kg good lift	110 kg good lift	92	110	202	+4
2 Silver medals	Adongo Ian Okinyi	KEN	59	85 kg good lift	90 kg no lift	92 kg good lift	105 kg good lift	108 kg good lift	111 kg no lift	92	108	200	+2
3 Bronze medals	Kondeh Francis	SLE	60	70 kg good lift	80 kg good lift	85 kg good lift	90 kg good lift	100 kg good lift	105 kg no lift	85	100	185	+1
4	Qanaw Mahmoud	LBA	59.50	70 kg good lift	75 kg good lift	81 kg no lift	80 kg good lift	91 kg good lift	94 kg good lift	75	94	169	+1

Men 65 kg

Men 65 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Mohamed Sadek	EGY	64.15	97 kg good lift	101 kg good lift	103 kg good lift	127 kg good lift	131 kg good lift	135 kg good lift	103	135	238	+3
2 Silver medals	Yemgoua Wafo Gaston	CMR	64.50	90 kg no lift	95 kg good lift	100 kg no lift	126 kg good lift	131 kg good lift	136 kg good lift	95	136	231	+2
3 Bronze medals	Tarwirei Golge	BOT	63.40	62 kg good lift	66 kg good lift	70 kg good lift	70 kg good lift	75 kg good lift	80 kg good lift	70	80	150	+1

Men 71 kg

Men 71 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Mohamed Islam Tewarry	ALG	68.20	107 kg good lift	112 kg no lift	112 kg no lift	132 kg good lift	137 kg good lift	143 kg no lift	107	137	244	+2
2 Silver medals	Khalleefah Abdulrauf	LBA	70.60	106 kg no lift	107 kg good lift	113 kg good lift	125 kg good lift	130 kg good lift	135 kg no lift	113	130	243	+1

Men 79 kg

Men 79 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Ali Ali	EGY	77.90	135 kg no lift	135 kg good lift	142 kg good lift	155 kg good lift	167 kg good lift	174 kg no lift	142	167	309	+2
2 Silver medals	Albakhnasi Mohammed	LBA	78.30	97 kg good lift	108 kg good lift	113 kg good lift	125 kg good lift	132 kg good lift	140 kg no lift	113	132	245	+1

Men 88 kg

Men 88 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Matam Sandje David Hercule	CMR	81.40	115 kg good lift	125 kg good lift	130 kg no lift	140 kg good lift	150 kg good lift	153 kg no lift	125	150	275	+2
2 Silver medals	Madanamoothoo Donovan	MRI	82.70	90 kg good lift	100 kg good lift	103 kg good lift	115 kg good lift	125 kg good lift	131 kg good lift	103	131	234	+1

Men 94 kg

Men 94 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Kurban Abdelrahem	LBA	90.60	85 kg good lift	93 kg good lift	100 kg good lift	105 kg good lift	120 kg no lift	120 kg no lift	100	105	205	+1

Bold green marks the lift that counted; struck through attempts were missed. DNF = no total (bombout).

Women 44 kg

Women 44 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	EN-NAMLI Marwa	MAR	43.80	40 kg good lift	49 kg no lift	51 kg no lift	50 kg good lift	58 kg no lift	60 kg no lift	40	50	90	+1

Women 48 kg

Women 48 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Ezenwa Chinaza Cecelia	NGR	47	55 kg good lift	58 kg good lift	63 kg good lift	70 kg good lift	73 kg good lift	77 kg no lift	63	73	136	+4
2 Silver medals	Rakotonoely Tendry Tsiky Mahay Tia	MAD	47.80	51 kg good lift	54 kg good lift	56 kg good lift	62 kg good lift	65 kg good lift	68 kg good lift	56	68	124	+2
3 Bronze medals	Omondi Lina Amanda	KEN	47.20	43 kg good lift	45 kg good lift	47 kg no lift	50 kg good lift	55 kg good lift	58 kg no lift	45	55	100	+1
4	Lanyoh Theresa	GHA	48	30 kg good lift	33 kg good lift	35 kg good lift	40 kg good lift	43 kg good lift	45 kg good lift	35	45	80	+1

Women 53 kg

Women 53 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Radhouani Yasmine	TUN	51.10	57 kg good lift	63 kg good lift	65 kg good lift	73 kg good lift	78 kg good lift	81 kg no lift	65	78	143	+1

Women 58 kg

Women 58 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Olarinoye Florence Oluwadamilare	NGR	57.70	66 kg good lift	69 kg good lift	71 kg good lift	82 kg no lift	82 kg good lift	86 kg good lift	71	86	157	+4
2 Silver medals	Dris Inas	ALG	58	65 kg good lift	70 kg no lift	70 kg good lift	80 kg no lift	80 kg good lift	87 kg no lift	70	80	150	+2
3 Bronze medals	Agozi Yayra Akos	GHA	57	51 kg good lift	54 kg no lift	54 kg no lift	58 kg good lift	61 kg good lift	65 kg good lift	51	65	116	+1
DNF	Bouzian Khadija	MAR	57.40	50 kg good lift	52 kg good lift	54 kg no lift	58 kg no lift	59 kg no lift	61 kg no lift	52	0	–	-1

Women 63 kg

Women 63 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Kerubo Mercy	KEN	61.90	73 kg no lift	73 kg good lift	75 kg good lift	90 kg no lift	90 kg good lift	92 kg no lift	75	90	165	+2
DNF	Andriamparany Soloniaina chainah	MAD	62.70	69 kg no lift	70 kg no lift	70 kg no lift	86 kg good lift	91 kg good lift	98 kg no lift	0	91	–	-1

Women 69 kg

Women 69 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Elfedawy Abeer	EGY	68.70	80 kg good lift	86 kg good lift	91 kg good lift	100 kg good lift	109 kg no lift	109 kg good lift	91	109	200	+4
2 Silver medals	El Ghali Eya	TUN	67.30	65 kg good lift	70 kg good lift	73 kg no lift	82 kg good lift	90 kg good lift	93 kg good lift	70	93	163	+2
3 Bronze medals	Halidu Sheriffa	GHA	65.30	43 kg good lift	45 kg no lift	47 kg good lift	52 kg good lift	57 kg good lift	63 kg good lift	47	63	110	+1
4	Ali Fuseina	GHA	68.50	43 kg no lift	43 kg good lift	44 kg no lift	47 kg good lift	51 kg good lift	56 kg good lift	43	56	99	+1

Women 77 kg

Women 77 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Ghrissa Ghofrane	TUN	73.80	76 kg good lift	81 kg no lift	81 kg good lift	94 kg good lift	101 kg good lift	107 kg no lift	81	101	182	+2
2 Silver medals	Mahmoud Sondous	EGY	74.90	76 kg good lift	81 kg no lift	82 kg no lift	91 kg good lift	100 kg good lift	107 kg no lift	76	100	176	+1

Women +77 kg

Women +77 kg results
Rank	Athlete	Nation	BW	Sn 1	Sn 2	Sn 3	C&J 1	C&J 2	C&J 3	Snatch	C&J	Total	ICS
1 Gold medal	Naoui Zeineb	TUN	85.30	83 kg good lift	89 kg no lift	89 kg good lift	98 kg no lift	98 kg good lift	102 kg no lift	89	98	187	+5
2 Silver medals	Vermeulen Dunay	RSA	101.70	53 kg good lift	56 kg good lift	60 kg no lift	68 kg good lift	72 kg good lift	76 kg no lift	56	72	128	+3
3 Bronze medals	Soopal Yahna	MRI	97.90	40 kg good lift	46 kg good lift	49 kg good lift	51 kg good lift	60 kg good lift	63 kg good lift	49	63	112	+2
4	Vanderpuye Joana Dede	GHA	83.80	40 kg good lift	45 kg good lift	49 kg no lift	45 kg good lift	47 kg good lift	49 kg good lift	45	49	94	+1
5	Barnes Baaba Adwoa	GHA	109.60	40 kg good lift	44 kg good lift	48 kg no lift	46 kg good lift	48 kg good lift	50 kg good lift	44	50	94	+1

Bold green marks the lift that counted; struck through attempts were missed. DNF = no total (bombout).