2023 African Wrestling Championships

The 2023 Seniors, Juniors, Cadets African Wrestling Championships was the 38th edition of African Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from 15 to 21 May in Hammamet, Tunisia.^[1][2][3][4]

2023 African Wrestling Championships
Host city	Hammamet, Tunisia
Dates	15-21 May 2023
Stadium	Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Egypt
Greco-Roman	Algeria
Women	Nigeria
← 2022 2024 →

Medal table (Seniors)

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	11	8	4	23
2	Algeria	7	6	5	18
3	Nigeria	6	4	2	12
4	Tunisia*	5	7	11	23
5	Guinea-Bissau	1	1	0	2
6	Morocco	0	1	4	5
	South Africa	0	1	4	5
8	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
	Sierra Leone	0	1	0	1
10	Kenya	0	0	2	2
	Namibia	0	0	2	2
	Senegal	0	0	2	2
13	Angola	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Guinea	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		30	30	39	99

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Egypt	215	Algeria	210	Nigeria	230
2	Tunisia	173	Egypt	200	Tunisia	179
3	Algeria	129	Tunisia	149	Egypt	110
4	Morocco	103	Morocco	127	Algeria	94
5	South Africa	92	Angola	51	Kenya	58
6	Nigeria	70	South Africa	41	Morocco	40
7	Kenya	52	Namibia	30	Ivory Coast	30
8	Guinea-Bissau	51	Kenya	23	Cameroon	22
9	Cameroon	42	Sierra Leone	20	Guinea	15
10	Angola	35	Nigeria	10	Senegal	15

Seniors

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg	Diamantino Iuna Fafé  Guinea-Bissau	Gamal Mohamed  Egypt	Roland Nforsong  Cameroon
			Khalil Barkouti  Tunisia
61 kg	Abdelhak Kherbache  Algeria	Firas Khalifa  Tunisia	Shehabeldin Mohamed  Egypt
			Yassine Jaa  Morocco
65 kg	Farouk Jelassi  Tunisia	Frederik Nortje  South Africa	Zohier Iftene  Algeria
			Omar Mourad  Egypt
70 kg	Said El Gahsh  Egypt	Mohamed Ali Zorgui  Tunisia	Pieter Roedulf  South Africa
			Sylvio Diatta  Senegal
74 kg	Amr Reda Hussen  Egypt	Bacar Ndum  Guinea-Bissau	Yassine Faraj  Morocco
			Abdelkader Ikkal  Algeria
79 kg	Ahmed Khaled Mohamed  Egypt	Chemseddine Fetairia  Algeria	Francisco Kadima  Angola
			Ebikeme Newlife  Nigeria
86 kg	Fateh Benferdjallah  Algeria	Saifeldin Elkoumy  Egypt	Harrison Onovwiomogbohwo  Nigeria
			Edward Louwis Lessing  South Africa
92 kg	Imed Kaddidi  Tunisia	Mahmoud Walid Ibrahim  Egypt	Machiel Grobler  South Africa
97 kg	Mostafa Elders  Egypt	Mohamed Saadaoui  Tunisia	Nicolaas De Lange  South Africa
125 kg	Diaaeldin Kamal  Egypt	Hamza Rahmani  Tunisia	Anas Lamkabber  Morocco

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Mohamed Yacine Dridi  Algeria	Adem Lamloum  Tunisia	Alexandro Haininga  Namibia
60 kg	Haithem Mahmoud  Egypt	Ibrahim Bunduka  Sierra Leone	Ismail Ettalibi  Morocco
			Romio Goliath  Namibia
63 kg	Abdeldjebar Djebbari  Algeria	Ahmad Baghduda  Egypt	Oussama Nasr  Tunisia
67 kg	Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed  Egypt	Ishak Ghaiou  Algeria	Aymen Ben Ali  Tunisia
72 kg	Abdelmalek Merabet  Algeria	Mohamed Yehia Abdelkader  Egypt	Radhwen Tarhouni  Tunisia
77 kg	Mohamed Zahab Khalil  Egypt	Akram Boudjemline  Algeria	Sami Slama  Tunisia
82 kg	Abdelkrim Ouakali  Algeria	Elias Chiguer  Morocco	Mahmoud Walid Ibrahim  Egypt
87 kg	Bachir Sid Azara  Algeria	Emad Abouelatta  Egypt	Mohamed Dhia Jabri  Tunisia
97 kg	Mohamed Ali Gabr  Egypt	Adem Boudjemline  Algeria	Skander Missaoui  Tunisia
130 kg	Abdellatif Mohamed  Egypt	Amine Guennichi  Tunisia	Hichem Kouchit  Algeria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Mercy Genesis  Nigeria	Cheima Chebila  Algeria	Emma Wangila  Kenya
53 kg	Christianah Ogunsanya  Nigeria	Nogona Bakayoko  Ivory Coast	Ibtissem Doudou  Algeria
			Abir Zarrouki  Tunisia
55 kg	Jumoke Adekoye  Nigeria	Achouak Tekouk  Algeria	Lobna Ichaoui  Tunisia
57 kg	Mercy Adekuoroye  Nigeria	Faten Hammami  Tunisia	Rayane Houfaf  Algeria
59 kg	Siwar Bousetta  Tunisia	Patience Opuene  Nigeria	Farah Ali Hussein  Egypt
62 kg	Marwa Amri  Tunisia	Esther Kolawole  Nigeria	Fatoumata Camara  Guinea
65 kg	Khadija Jlassi  Tunisia	Ebipatei Mughenbofa  Nigeria	Eunice Mburu  Kenya
68 kg	Blessing Oborududu  Nigeria	Samah Abdellatif  Egypt	Nour Jeljeli  Tunisia
72 kg	Ebi Biogos  Nigeria	Menatalla Badran  Egypt	Zaineb Sghaier  Tunisia
76 kg	Samar Amer  Egypt	Hannah Reuben  Nigeria	Anta Sambou  Senegal

Participating nations

204 competitors from 21 nations participated:

1.  Algeria (25)
2.  Angola (13)
3.  Ivory Coast (3)
4.  Cameroon (6)
5.  Comoros (2)
6.  Cape Verde (3)
7.  Egypt (26)
8.  Guinea-Bissau (3)
9.  Guinea (1)
10.  Kenya (17)
11.  Madagascar (5)
12.  Morocco (24)
13.  Mauritius (2)
14.  Namibia (2)
15.  Nigeria (17)
16.  South Africa (14)
17.  Senegal (3)
18.  Sierra Leone (3)
19.  Sudan (1)
20.  Tunisia (30) (Host)
21.  Uganda (4)

Juniors (U-20)

Medal table (U-20)

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	17	4	3	24
2	Tunisia*	7	10	7	24
3	Algeria	3	9	11	23
4	Nigeria	2	0	0	2
5	Cape Verde	1	1	0	2
6	Angola	0	3	2	5
7	Morocco	0	2	1	3
8	Namibia	0	1	1	2
9	South Africa	0	0	3	3
10	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		30	30	29	89

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg	Khalil Barkouti  Tunisia	Ben Hachem Tarik  Morocco	Islam Zerrougui  Algeria
61 kg	Shehabeldin Mohamed  Egypt	Abderrahmane Benhamadi  Algeria	Mohamed Manai  Tunisia
65 kg	Omar Mohamed Mourad  Egypt	Manaceu Ngonda  Angola	Kossai Ajimi  Tunisia
70 kg	Abderrahmane Benaissa  Algeria	Mohamed Ali Zorgui  Tunisia	Said Elgahsh  Egypt
74 kg	Mohamed Abdelhady  Egypt	Rayanne Essaidi  Morocco	Mohamed Bendjah  Algeria
79 kg	Matteo Tresse  Cape Verde	Karim Eldobay  Egypt	Youcef Douh  Algeria
86 kg	Harrison Onovwiomogbohwo  Nigeria	Roberto Nsangua  Angola	Yacine Lakrout  Algeria
92 kg	Mohamed Aziz Beji  Tunisia	Hamza Kacedi  Algeria	Jones Mabungu  Angola
97 kg	Mohamed Salaheldin  Egypt	Radwane Radwane  Tunisia	Kegan Coetzee  South Africa
125 kg	Fekry Eissa  Egypt	Brahim Melki  Tunisia	Nassim Boudechicha  Algeria

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Ahmed Abdelbary Shaban  Egypt	Mohamed Kalila  Algeria	Virinao Nguatjiti  Namibia
60 kg	Mohamed Hkiri  Tunisia	Mouadh Tazekrit  Algeria	Mohamed Ayman Ibrahim  Egypt
63 kg	Adham Ayman Elsayed  Egypt	Oussama Nasr  Tunisia	Ali Sabri Kharouba  Algeria
67 kg	Moustafa Alameldin  Egypt	Fayssal Benfredj  Algeria	Koussay Melki  Tunisia
72 kg	Yehia Abdelkader  Egypt	Belhasan Azaouzi  Tunisia	Mohamed Zemmedj  Algeria
77 kg	Mahmoud Adel Ahmed  Egypt	Haithem Issaad  Algeria	Mohamed Malhi  Tunisia
82 kg	Mahmoud Walid Ibrahim  Egypt	Dhiyaeddine Remmache  Algeria	Omar Rezgui  Tunisia
87 kg	Kareem Eldesouky  Egypt	Roberto Nsangua  Angola	Abderrahmen Bouguerra  Algeria
97 kg	Mehdi Ben Mohamed  Tunisia	Fares Issaad  Algeria	Mohamed Abdelnaby Ahmed  Egypt
130 kg	Fekry Eissa  Egypt	Mohamed Hassen Nasr  Tunisia	Adem Lenchi  Algeria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Abir Zarrouki  Tunisia	Malak Osama Moustafa  Egypt	Asma Belaid  Algeria
53 kg	Fatima Bouchibi  Algeria	Chaima Nasri  Tunisia	Kyla Meyer  South Africa
55 kg	Tarilayefa Bekefula  Nigeria	Achouak Tekouk  Algeria	Nour Raouafi  Tunisia
57 kg	Louji Yassin  Egypt	Saida Cheridi  Tunisia	Helena As  South Africa
59 kg	Farah Ali Hamada  Egypt	Kavelishimwe Abraham  Namibia	Nawel Bahloul  Algeria
62 kg	Mastoura Soudani  Algeria	Gharam Askar  Egypt	Chahd Jeljeli  Tunisia
65 kg	Khadija Jlassi  Tunisia	Mouda Badawi Hamdoun  Egypt	Sofia Vemba  Angola
68 kg	Menatalla Badran  Egypt	Aya Ichaoui  Tunisia	Nassma Essatouri  Morocco
72 kg	Heba Sapry Ibrahim  Egypt	Nesrine Chwerfi  Tunisia	Lou Akissi Irie  Ivory Coast
76 kg	Ranim Saidi  Tunisia	Ariana Xavier  Cape Verde	None awarded

Cadets (U-17)

Medal table (U-17)

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	15	4	1	20
2	Tunisia*	5	7	13	25
3	Algeria	4	12	4	20
4	South Africa	4	4	5	13
5	Namibia	1	1	3	5
6	Angola	1	1	0	2
7	Burundi	0	1	0	1
8	Madagascar	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		30	30	27	87

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
45 kg	Mustapha Batnini  Tunisia	Carlos Giammello  South Africa	Calvin Dreyer  Namibia
48 kg	Dominick Aoun  South Africa	Haroun Bouthouri  Tunisia	Mohammed Adel Kheyar  Algeria
51 kg	Mokbel Sahli  Tunisia	Redouane Sissaoui  Algeria	Karim Elemary  Egypt
55 kg	Abdelghani Aid  Algeria	Rohan du Plessis  South Africa	Abdallah Jrad  Tunisia
60 kg	Ghayth Feleh  Tunisia	Kamal Amr Othman  Egypt	Petrus Walt  South Africa
65 kg	Fares Elsawy  Egypt	Miguel Vata António  Angola	Jaun Rosenblatt Hugo  South Africa
71 kg	Mohamed Chibikh  Algeria	Ismail Hamed Elsayed  Egypt	Mohamed Zwabi  Tunisia
80 kg	Juan Bisschoff  South Africa	Amenallah Kthiri  Tunisia	None awarded
92 kg	Wiandru Rooyen  South Africa	Hamza Kacedi  Algeria	Pieter Lafras Uys  Namibia
110 kg	Marwan Ehab Mohamed  Egypt	Anis Meziti  Algeria	Hendrik Louw  South Africa

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
45 kg	Calvin Dreyer  Namibia	Helmi Chihi  Tunisia	Carlos Giammello  South Africa
48 kg	Karim Elemary  Egypt	Dominick Aoun  South Africa	Sameh Jabri  Tunisia
51 kg	Omar Mohamed Ibrahim  Egypt	Adel Yakoub Fegas  Algeria	Phumlani Maphumulo  South Africa
55 kg	Ahmed Abdelbary Shaban  Egypt	Firas Bouthouri  Tunisia	Lazarus Haimbodi  Namibia
60 kg	Mohamed Ayman Ibrahim  Egypt	Petrus Walt  South Africa	Rayen Zayeni  Tunisia
65 kg	Mohamed Abdelrahim  Egypt	Ayoub Bentebiche  Algeria	Omar Malha  Tunisia
71 kg	Youssef Ahmed Badawy  Egypt	Zakaria Abes  Algeria	Abdelmajid Aouissaoui  Tunisia
80 kg	Seef Sameh Abdalaziz  Egypt	Abderrahmen Bouguerra  Algeria	Bilel Hafdhallah  Tunisia
92 kg	Abdelfattah Abdelzaher  Egypt	Pieter Lafras Uys  Namibia	Youcef Haddad  Algeria
110 kg	Mohamed Abdelnaby Ahmed  Egypt	Adem Lenchi  Algeria	Youssef Aloui  Tunisia

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
40 kg	Mareim Abdelaal  Egypt	Malak Sammoudi  Tunisia	None awarded
43 kg	Islem Nasr  Tunisia	Gharam Abdelaal  Egypt	Anouar Khelif  Algeria
46 kg	Dounia Zitouni  Algeria	Hadil Abdelli  Tunisia	None awarded
49 kg	Chloe Brewis  South Africa	Malak Osama Moustafa  Egypt	Nourhene Hedhli  Tunisia
53 kg	Manar Said Elmasry  Egypt	Fatima Zahra Bouchikhi  Algeria	Malek Khelifi  Tunisia
57 kg	Sabah Eid Khamis  Egypt	Chahd Jeljeli  Algeria	Melissa Merzouk  Tunisia
61 kg	Chaima Dahi  Tunisia	Gloria Niyonkuru  Burundi	Ilissia Amara  Algeria
65 kg	Mouda Badawi Hamdoun  Egypt	Yelda Outis  Algeria	Eya Bouafia  Tunisia
69 kg	Joseth Sasa Mavungu  Angola	Yasmine Bouregba  Algeria	Hadil Kahouli  Tunisia
73 kg	Melissa Belaid  Algeria	Rouyem Jlassi  Tunisia	Sarah Randrianandrasana  Madagascar