African Taekwondo Championships

The African Taekwondo Championships are the African senior taekwondo championships and held every two years by the African Taekwondo Union along with the South African Taekwondo Federation, both the continental affiliates of World Taekwondo.[1] This is a recognized G-4 senior event by World Taekwondo.[2][3]

List of tournaments

All the listed editions of the tournament.[4]

Edition Year Host city Host country Men's champion Women's champion
1 1996 () Johannesburg  South Africa  Lesotho  Kenya
2 1998 () Nairobi  Kenya  Lesotho  Lesotho
3 2001 () Dakar  Senegal  Senegal  Senegal
4 2003 () Abuja  Nigeria  Egypt  Egypt
5 2005 () Antananarivo  Madagascar  Ivory Coast  Ivory Coast
6 2009 () Yaounde  Cameroon  Egypt  Morocco
7 2010 () Tripoli  Libya  Tunisia  Morocco
8 2012 () Antananarivo  Madagascar  Ivory Coast  Egypt
9 2014 () Tunis  Tunisia  Egypt  Egypt
10 2016 () Port Said  Egypt  Egypt  Egypt
11 2018 () Agadir  Morocco  Tunisia  Morocco
12 2021 () Dakar [5]  Senegal  Tunisia[6]  Morocco[7]
12 2022 () Kigali [8]  Rwanda  Morocco[9][10]  Morocco[9][10]
13 2023 () Abidjan [11]  Ivory Coast  Morocco[12][13]  Morocco[12][13]

All time medal table

List of medal count by countries[14]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt493642127
2 Morocco38243496
3 Ivory Coast303150111
4 Tunisia27192571
5 Lesotho1591337
6 Senegal14182860
7 Kenya9152145
8 Niger641222
9 South Africa581124
10 Libya571527
11 Gabon562435
12 Mali462535
13 Nigeria291728
14 Central African Republic2013
15 Madagascar131216
16 Algeria12811
17 Ethiopia1113
18 Uganda1067
19 Cape Verde1045
20 Congo031013
 DR Congo031013
22 Cameroon0358
23 Ghana0167
24 Chad0134
25 Angola0123
26 Gambia0112
 Sudan0112
28 Benin0101
29 Eswatini0055
30 Mauritius0033
 Rwanda0033
32 Comoros0022
 Mozambique0022
34 Somalia0011
 São Tomé and Príncipe0011
Totals (35 entries)216213404833


References

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