2026 African Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Ismailia
Country	EGY
Held	12 – 16 May 2026
Competitors	57
Countries	11

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	EGY	20	17	5	42
2	Nigeria	NGR	13	14	2	29
3	Tunisia	TUN	8	2	16	26
4	Madagascar	MAD	6	4	4	14
5	Mauritius	MRI	1	2	0	3
6	Libya	LBA	0	3	2	5
7	Morocco	MAR	0	3	1	4
8	Algeria	ALG	0	2	4	6
9	South Africa	RSA	0	1	7	8
10	Cameroon	CMR	0	0	6	6
11	Kenya	KEN	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-60 kg Snatch, Men	Jean Elariont Ramiarimanana	MAD	Havotriniaina Rakotomandimby	MAD	Idriss Werthi	TUN
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Jean Elariont Ramiarimanana	MAD	Havotriniaina Rakotomandimby	MAD	Amin Allam Brini	TUN
-60 kg Total, Men	Jean Elariont Ramiarimanana	MAD	Havotriniaina Rakotomandimby	MAD	Idriss Werthi	TUN
-65 kg Snatch, Men	Noureldin Zaky	EGY	Favour Agboro	NGR	Amine Bouhijbha	TUN
-65 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Noureldin Zaky	EGY	Favour Agboro	NGR	Amine Bouhijbha	TUN
-65 kg Total, Men	Noureldin Zaky	EGY	Favour Agboro	NGR	Amine Bouhijbha	TUN
-71 kg Snatch, Men	Edidiong Umoafia	NGR	Said Ahmed	EGY	Mohamed Sameer Masoud	LBA
-71 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Said Ahmed	EGY	Edidiong Umoafia	NGR	Gerard Abeussa	CMR
-71 kg Total, Men	Said Ahmed	EGY	Edidiong Umoafia	NGR	Mohamed Sameer Masoud	LBA
-79 kg Snatch, Men	Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina	MAD	Adedapo Opadeji	NGR	Ayoub Salem	TUN
-79 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina	MAD	Adedapo Opadeji	NGR	Jon-Antohein Phillips	RSA
-79 kg Total, Men	Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina	MAD	Adedapo Opadeji	NGR	Ayoub Salem	TUN
-88 kg Snatch, Men	Mohamed Younes Abdelrahman	EGY	Mohammed Al-Zintani	LBA	William Swart	RSA
-88 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mohamed Younes Abdelrahman	EGY	Mohammed Al-Zintani	LBA	William Swart	RSA
-88 kg Total, Men	Mohamed Younes Abdelrahman	EGY	Mohammed Al-Zintani	LBA	William Swart	RSA
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Karim Abokahla	EGY	Ahmed Ali	EGY	Faris Touairi	ALG
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Karim Abokahla	EGY	Ahmed Ali	EGY	Faris Touairi	ALG
-94 kg Total, Men	Karim Abokahla	EGY	Ahmed Ali	EGY	Faris Touairi	ALG
-110 kg Snatch, Men	Hosny El-Sayed Hassan	EGY	Mohamed El-Basyouni	EGY	Aymen Touairi	ALG
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Hosny El-Sayed Hassan	EGY	Aymen Touairi	ALG	Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu	CMR
-110 kg Total, Men	Hosny El-Sayed Hassan	EGY	Aymen Touairi	ALG	Mohamed El-Basyouni	EGY
+110 kg Snatch, Men	Aymen Bacha	TUN	Bilal Bouamr	MAR	Lucky Joseph	NGR
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Aymen Bacha	TUN	Bilal Bouamr	MAR	Christoffel Reeders	RSA
+110 kg Total, Men	Aymen Bacha	TUN	Bilal Bouamr	MAR	Lucky Joseph	NGR
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Ruth Asuquo	NGR	Tendry Rakotonoely	MAD	Maissa Khadhraoui	TUN
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Ruth Asuquo	NGR	Maissa Khadhraoui	TUN	Tendry Rakotonoely	MAD
-48 kg Total, Women	Ruth Asuquo	NGR	Maissa Khadhraoui	TUN	Tendry Rakotonoely	MAD
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Onome Didih	NGR	Merna El-Tantawi	EGY	Johanni Taljaard	RSA
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Onome Didih	NGR	Johanni Taljaard	RSA	Merna El-Tantawi	EGY
-53 kg Total, Women	Onome Didih	NGR	Merna El-Tantawi	EGY	Johanni Taljaard	RSA
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Rafiatu Lawal	NGR	Noura Abdelbari	EGY	Eya Aouadi	TUN
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Rafiatu Lawal	NGR	Noura Abdelbari	EGY	Eya Aouadi	TUN
-58 kg Total, Women	Rafiatu Lawal	NGR	Noura Abdelbari	EGY	Eya Aouadi	TUN
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Chaima Rahmouni	TUN	Ruth Ayodele	NGR	Mercy Kerubo	KEN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Chaima Rahmouni	TUN	Ruth Ayodele	NGR	Soloniaina Randriamparany	MAD
-63 kg Total, Women	Chaima Rahmouni	TUN	Ruth Ayodele	NGR	Soloniaina Randriamparany	MAD
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Ketty Lent	MRI	Shaima Abdelnasser	EGY	Roshdy Hagar	EGY
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Jawaher Gesmi	TUN	Ketty Lent	MRI	Shaima Abdelnasser	EGY
-69 kg Total, Women	Jawaher Gesmi	TUN	Ketty Lent	MRI	Shaima Abdelnasser	EGY
-77 kg Snatch, Women	Taiwo Liadi	NGR	Roufida Fathi	EGY	Ech-Chaibia Ech-Chachouiy	MAR
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Taiwo Liadi	NGR	Roufida Fathi	EGY	Eya Hosni	TUN
-77 kg Total, Women	Taiwo Liadi	NGR	Roufida Fathi	EGY	Eya Hosni	TUN
-86 kg Snatch, Women	Sara Samir	EGY	Mary Osijo	NGR	Naoui Zeineb	TUN
-86 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Sara Samir	EGY	Mary Osijo	NGR	Rayssa Djifack	CMR
-86 kg Total, Women	Sara Samir	EGY	Mary Osijo	NGR	Naoui Zeineb	TUN
+86 kg Snatch, Women	Mayar Shehata	EGY	Fatma Ahmed	EGY	Estelle Momeni	CMR
+86 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Fatma Ahmed	EGY	Mayar Shehata	EGY	Estelle Momeni	CMR
+86 kg Total, Women	Fatma Ahmed	EGY	Mayar Shehata	EGY	Estelle Momeni	CMR