2017 African Wrestling Championships Explained

The 2017 African Wrestling Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 28 to 30 April 2017.^[1]

Medal table

Team ranking

width=50 rowspan="2"	Rank	Men's freestyle[2]		Women's freestyle[3]		Men's Greco-Roman[4]
width=200	Team	width=50	Points	width=200	Team	width=50	Points	width=200	Team	width=50	Points
1		63		78		68
2		51		66		62
3		46		52		56
4		40		39		44
5		35		20		43
6		29		7		8
7		28		7		7
8		24		7		5
9		20		6
10		17
11		13
12		12
13		6

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

57 kg	Chakir Ansari	Abdelhak Kherbache	Ibrahim Hafez
61 kg	Adama Diatta	Ahmed Mohamed	Othmane El Bahja
			Mbunde Cumba
65 kg	Kaireddine Ben Telili	Jean Bernard Diatta	Bopamba Ngoy
			Aly Ibrahim Abdelhamid
70 kg	Ogbonna John	Maher Ghanmi	Amr Reda Ramadan Hussen
			Mohamed Boudraa
74 kg	Samy Moustafa	Ali Ayari	Mohamed Boudina
			Kayis Mupompa
86 kg	Mahmoud Badawi	Mohamed Saadaoui	Cheikh Niang
			Hein Janse van Rensburg
97 kg	Soso Tamarau	Martin Erasmus	Imed Kaddidi
			Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga
125 kg	Diaaeldin Kamal	Thiacka Faye	Adama Tangara

Men's Greco-Roman

59 kg	Abdennour Laouni	Anwar Tango	Ngeta Ibamda
66 kg	Mohamed Abouhalima	Tarek Benaissa	Fahmi Meddeb
			Bilal El-Bahja
71 kg	Ibrahim Ghanem	Akrem Boudjemline	Aziz Boualem
75 kg	Zied Ait Ouagram	Mohamed Elsayed	Kayis Mupompa
80 kg	Bachir Sid Azara	Mahmoud Fawzy	Tochukwu Okeke
85 kg	Mohamed Metwally	Adem Boudjemline	Mohamed Missaoui
98 kg	Ahmed Othman	Hamza Haloui	Amine Guennichi
130 kg	Abdellatif Mohamed	Radhouane Chebbi	Gagan Mabuba

Women's freestyle

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

Doping cases

• Zohier Iftene from Algeria who won men's freestyle 65 kg event, tested positive for Stanozolol after the competition.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: African Championships. 16 April 2019.
2. Web site: Seniors Freestyle Teams Ranking . unitedworldwrestling.org . 16 April 2019 .
3. Web site: Seniors Women's wrestling Teams Ranking . unitedworldwrestling.org . 16 April 2019 .
4. Web site: Seniors Greco-Roman Teams Ranking . unitedworldwrestling.org . 16 April 2019 .
5. Web site: DECISION Case Mr Iftene Zohier. 27 July 2017. 16 April 2019.