African_Youth_Athletics_Championships

African Youth Athletics Championships

African athletics competition

The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics competition for African athletes, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition.^[1]

The competition was the third continental athletics competition to be created for that age level, following in the steps of the South American and Oceanian events. Its proposal, coming at a similar time as that for the European Athletics Youth Championships, marked a growing interest in international competition for younger people.^[2]^[3]

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	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of events	No. of athletes
1	2013	Warri	Nigeria	28–31 March	Warri Township Stadium	36
2	2015	Reduit	Mauritius	23–26 April	Maryse Justin Stadium	38	350
3	2019	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	16–20 April	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	39
4	2023	Ndola	Zambia	29 April – 3 May	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	10.47 A (-1.6 m/s)	Werner Bezuidenhout	South Africa	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[4]
200 m	20.52 (0.0 m/s)	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[5]
400 m	46.01 A	Samuel Uchenna Ogazi	Nigeria	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[6]
800 m	1:46.54	Guirreh Abdo Razakhassan	Djibouti	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[7]
1500 m	3:41.96	Robert Biwott	Kenya	29 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
3000 m	7:56.29	Davis Kiplangat	Kenya	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[8]
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.31 A (-1.7 m/s)	Naeem Jack	South Africa	1 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[9]
400 m hurdles	51.36 A	Matodzi Ndo	South Africa	3 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[10]
2000 m steeplechase	5:35.47	Takele Bikila Tadese	Ethiopia	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[11]
High jump	2.10 m A	Luke van der Merwe	South Africa	29 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[12]
Long jump	7.41 (-0.4 m/s)	Muchine Khoua	Morocco	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Triple jump	15.70 m A (-0.1 m/s)	Precious Ugo Irivi	Nigeria	2 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[13]
Shot put (5 kg)	20.89 m	Burger Lambrechts jr	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[14]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	64.88 m	Werner Visser	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[15]
Javelin throw (700 g)	74.71 m	Chinekerem Nnadji	Nigeria	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[16]
Octathlon	5363 pts	Bryan Tonta	Mauritius	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Octathlon	11.29 (+0.4 m/s) (100 m), 6.57 (-0.5 m/s) (long jump), 11.59 m (shot put), 52.72 (400 m), 14.58 (0.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.93 m (high jump), 31.20 m (javelin), 3:04.61 (1000 m)
10000 m walk	46:09.53	Pierre Vermaak	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[17]
Swedish relay	1:53.35	Ebrima Camara Alieu Joof Sonko Alagie Keita Tijani	Gambia	31 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	11.53 A (-1.4 m/s)	Faith Okwose	Nigeria	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[18]
200 m	23.31 A (-0.2 m/s)	Faith Okwose	Nigeria	2 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[19]
400 m	52.28	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[20]
800 m	2:05.05	Zeyituna Mohammed Aliyi	Ethiopia	29 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
1500 m	4:10.73 A	Nancy Cherop	Kenya	29 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[21]
3000 m	9:10.57	Emily Chebet	Kenya	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[22]
100 m hurdles (0.76 m)	13.30 (+1.0 m/s)	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[23]
400 m hurdles	59.22	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[24]
2000 m steeplechase	6:20.47	Sandra Felis Chebet	Kenya	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[25]
High jump	1.80 m	Rhizlane Siba	Morocco	30 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Pole vault	3.80 m A	Ansume de Beer	South Africa	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^{[citation needed]}
Long jump	6.08 m A (-0.5 m/s)	Timeke-Jade Coetzee	South Africa	1 May 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[26]
Triple jump	12.56 m	Kasie Veronica Ugeh	Nigeria	March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Shot put	14.95 m	Yolandi Stander	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[27]
Discus throw	50.10 m A	Alicia Khunou	South Africa	30 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia	^[28]
Hammer throw	63.51 m	Phetinsag Makhethe	South Africa	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[29]
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.57 m	Heike De Nyssechen	South Africa	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	^[30]
Heptathlon	4733 pts	Sylvia Schulz	Namibia	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Heptathlon	15.04 (+1.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.57 m (high jump), 9.24 m (shot put), 26.19 (+3.1 m/s) (200 m), 5.24 m (long jump), 30.45 m (javelin), 2:19.94 (800 m)
5000 m walk	25:20.28	Fadakemi Floren Olude	Nigeria	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[31]
Swedish relay	2:08.71	Omotayo Abolaji Aniekeme Alphonsus Blessing Adiakerenwa Praise Idamadudu	Nigeria	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius	^[32]

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