2015 African Youth Athletics Championships

The 2015 African Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the biennial athletics competition for African athletes aged fifteen to seventeen, It was held in Reduit, Mauritius from 23–26 April.[1] Mauritius had hosted the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships two years earlier. A total of 38 events, 18 by boys and 20 by girls, were contested at the competition.

2nd African Youth Athletics Championships
Dates23–26 April
Host cityReduit, Mauritius
VenueMaryse Justin Stadium
LevelYouth
Events38
Participation27 nations
2013
2017

South Africa topped the medals table with seventeen gold medals and 29 medals overall. This marked a great improvement from the inaugural edition in 2013, having missed that event due to a lack of funding.[2] Nigeria who were the previous host only managed to confirm participation due to a late intervention by an anonymous sponsor.[3] The next most successful countries were Kenya (eight golds and 19 in total) and Nigeria (six medals, two of them gold). South Africa won all but one of the gold medals in the throws. Kenya won all the long-distance events at the championships. Eighteen of the twenty-seven participating nations reached the medal table.[4] The host nation Mauritius took one gold medal, through octathlete Bryan Tonta, and ended with a total of seven medals.

As had happened at the 2013 edition, doubles were achieved in both 100 metres and 200 metres sprints: Gift Leotlela of South Africa topped the boys' rankings and his teammate Nicola de Bruyn took the girls' titles. A third athlete managed a double in the rest of the competition – Taylon Bieldt, also of South Africa, won both the girls' hurdling events.

Medal summary

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Boys

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.2 m/s)
  Tlotliso Leotlela (RSA) 10.38   Kyle Appel (RSA) 10.49   Shingirai Hlanguyo (ZIM) 10.52
200 metres   Tlotliso Leotlela (RSA) 20.84   Thabiso Sekgopi (BOT) 21.43   Sengan Jobe (GAM) 21.68
400 metres   Karabo Sibanda (BOT) 47.40   Josphat Ngeno (KEN) 48.18   Nikolas Marich (RSA) 48.41
800 metres   Kipyegon Bett (KEN) 1:51.67   Sila Kimeli (KEN) 1:52.14   Edrissa Marong (GAM) 1:52.88
1500 metres   Taki Kumaru (KEN) 3:44.35   Brimin Kiprono (KEN) 3:46.22   Daniel Weldetnsae (ERI) 3:48.49
3000 metres   Davies Kiplangat (KEN) 7:56.29   Richard Yator (KEN) 7:56.33   Mehari Tsegai (ERI) 8:18.75
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +2.4 m/s)
  Mpho Tladi (RSA) 13.38 w   Levert Pieterse (RSA) 13.62 w   Steven Untah (MRI) 14.65 w
400 metres hurdles   Geoffrey Kipngetich (KEN) 52.28   Morne van As (RSA) 52.43   Emmanuel Kipyegon (KEN) 53.45
2000 metres steeplechase   Vincent Kipyegon (KEN) 5:37.05   Nickson Kiplangat (KEN) 5:41.28   Mohamed Miftahou (COM) 6:13.77
Medley relay   South Africa (RSA)
Tlotliso Leotlela
Kyle Appel
Mphu Tladi
Morne van As
1:53.60   Botswana (BOT)
Aobakwe Malau
Thabeso Sekgopi
Kageso Moyuthu
Karabo Sibanda
1:54.10   Gambia (GAM)
Momadou Sey
Sulayman Mannah
Sengan Jobe
Edrissa Marong
1:55.17
10,000 metres walk   Pierre Vermaak (RSA) 46:09.53   Abdelrahman Mahmoud (EGY) 48:23.65   Said Touche (ALG) 51:58.55
High jump   Aobakwe Nkobela (BOT) 2.04 m   Norris Brioche (SEY) 2.01 m   Visamuje Ujaha (NAM) 1.98 m
Long jump   Muchine Khoua (MAR) 7.41 m   Emmanuel Tobechukwu (NGR) 7.38 m   Abdelouahed Bouhila (MAR) 7.31 m
Triple jump   Vincent Kilel (KEN) 15.04 m   Emmanuel Tobechukwu (NGR) 14.89 m   Muchine Khoua (MAR) 14.66 m
Shot put   Burger Lambrecht (RSA) 20.89 m   Shehab Mohamed (EGY) 19.87 m   Patrick Duvenhage (RSA) 19.80 m
Discus throw   Werner Visser (RSA) 64.88 m CR   Patrick Duvenhage (RSA) 60.61 m   Shehab Abdelaziz Chachi (EGY) 58.31 m
Javelin throw   Henru van Vuuren (RSA) 72.68 m   Paul Botha (RSA) 71.48 m   Nico Horn (NAM) 65.08 m
Octathlon   Bryan Tonta (MRI) 5363 pts   Bryan Untah (MRI) 5203 pts   Ammar Ellaboudy (EGY) 4995 pts

Girls

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Nicola de Bruyn (RSA) 11.87   Damarais Akoth (KEN) 12.53   Severine Moutia (MRI) 12.80
200 metres   Nicola de Bruyn (RSA) 23.59   Praise Idamadudu (NGR) 23.79   Madia Ehlers (RSA) 24.01
400 metres   Abigail Chongo (ZAM) 58.08   Nomatter Kapfudzaruwa (ZIM) 59.03   Henryke Garbers (NAM) 59.07
800 metres   Liza Kellerman (RSA) 2:10.79   Betty Chepkemoi (KEN) 2:10.94   Honorine Iribagiza (RWA) 2:13.26
1500 metres   Beatha Nishimwe (RWA) 4:17.37   Janet Chemusto (UGA) 4:17.61   Janeth Chepngetich (KEN) 4:21.87
3000 metres   Emily Chebet (KEN) 9:10.57 CR   Sheila Chelangat (KEN) 9:11.38   Janet Chemusto (UGA) 9:15.38
100 metres hurdles   Taylon Bieldt (RSA) 13.30   Bouchra Namri (MAR) 14.47   Ramatoulaye Cisse (SEN) 15.23
400 metres hurdles   Taylon Bieldt (RSA) 59.22   Bouchra Namri (MAR) 61.23   Amore le Roux (RSA) 61.40
2000 metres steeplechase   Sandra Chebet (KEN) 6:20.47   Fatima Ghizlane (MAR) 7:06.59   Ann Gathoni (KEN) 7:29.09
Medley relay   Nigeria (NGR)
Omotayo Abolaji
Blessing Adiakerenwa
Aniekeme Alphonsus
Praise Idamadudu
2:08.71   South Africa (RSA)
Nicola de Bruyn
Amoure Leroux
Madia Ehlers
Taylon Bieldt
2:11.21   Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Kiana Page Lees
Nomatter Kapfud
Nathalie Charidza
Zaruwa Enlitha
2:20.17
5000 metres walk   Fadakemi Olude (NGR) 25:20.28   Nourhan Saber (EGY) 30:55.11   Nathalia Saminadas (MRI) 36:53.44
High jump   Wiaam Chibani (ALG) 1.69 m   Siranda Horn (NAM) 1.63 m   Fatima Zahra el Alaoui (MAR) 1.60 m
Pole vault   May Meziod (ALG) 3.20 m   Marina Rizk (EGY) 3.15 m   Farah Benhadid (ALG) 2.80 m
Long jump   Renate van Tonder (RSA) 5.92 m   Aniekeme Alphonsus (NGR) 5.50 m   Fatou Badji (SEN) 5.40 m
Triple jump   Fatou Badji (SEN) 12.06 m   Liliane Potiron (MRI) 11.64 m   Honorine Iribagiza (RWA) 9.37 m
Shot put   Yolandi Stander (RSA) 14.95 m   Nourhan El Dakak (EGY) 14.12 m   Nahid Klilou (MAR) 13.26 m
Discus throw   Chene Coetzee (RSA) 42.95 m   Rima Nasr (MAR) 41.20 m   Yolandi Stander (RSA) 40.94 m
Hammer throw   Fatma Mahmoud (EGY) 55.25 m   Marim Nasr (EGY) 54.46 m   Samira Addi (MAR) 50.40 m
Javelin throw   Anneke Germishuis (RSA) 49.72 m   Salma Taha (EGY) 48.94 m   Maggie le Roux (RSA) 46.89 m
Heptathlon   Sylvia Schulz (NAM) 4733 pts   Nahid Klilou (MAR) 3983 pts   Claudia Bernard (MRI) 3603 pts

Medal table

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  Host nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Africa (RSA)176629
2  Kenya (KEN)89219
3  Nigeria (NGR)2406
4  Botswana (BOT)2204
5  Algeria (ALG)2024
6  Egypt (EGY)18211
7  Morocco (MAR)13610
8  Mauritius (MRI)*1247
9  Namibia (NAM)1135
10  Rwanda (RWA)1023
  Senegal (SEN)1023
12  Zambia (ZAM)1001
13  Zimbabwe (ZIM)0123
14  Uganda (UGA)0112
15  Seychelles (SEY)0101
16  Gambia (GAM)0033
17  Eritrea (ERI)0022
18  Comoros (COM)0011
Totals (18 entries)383838114

References

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  1. ^ Mauritius, the host country for Youth championships Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-04-30.
  2. ^ 26/03/2013 1st African Youth Championships, Warri 2013 Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  3. ^ AYAC: Kenyan rescues Nigerian athletes. Vanguard (2015-04-23). Retrieved on 2015-04-30.
  4. ^ Kenya and South Africa impress at African Youth Championships. IAAF (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2015-04-30.
Results
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