Continental, youth · August 2025
2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
The 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships began on 15 August 2025, with 43 lifters in 15 classes. This competition was decided within the 2025 African Junior Championships. The lifts counted for both, with places ranked within each field. Gold went to Herman Onjatiana (56 kg, 187 kg), Qossey Chaabi (60 kg, 202 kg), Sadek Mohamed (65 kg, 238 kg), Tewarry Mohamed Islam (71 kg, 244 kg), Ali Ali (79 kg, 309 kg), David Hercule Matam Sandje (88 kg, 275 kg) and Abdelrahem Kurban (94 kg, 205 kg) for the men, and Marwa En-Namli (44 kg, 90 kg), Chinaza Cecelia Ezenwa (48 kg, 136 kg), Yasmine Radhouani (53 kg, 143 kg), Florence Oluwadamilare Olarinoye (58 kg, 157 kg), Mercy Kerubo (63 kg, 165 kg), Abeer Elfedawy (69 kg, 200 kg), Ghofrane Ghrissa (77 kg, 182 kg) and Naoui Zeineb (+77 kg, 187 kg) for the women.
- Lifters
- 43
- Classes
- 15
- Start date
- 15 Aug 2025
The 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships in numbers
How close each class finished and how often the lifters made their attempts.
- Attempts made
- 72%
- 187 good lifts from the 258 attempts taken. For comparison, lifters at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998 make 57%.
- Lifters without a total
- 2 of 43
- Each had no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Winning margin in each class
The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Men's 56 kg and Men's 71 kg each came down to 1 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Men's 79 kg by 64 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.
Men's 56 kg
Men's 60 kg
Men's 65 kg
Men's 71 kg
Men's 79 kg
Men's 88 kg
Women's 48 kg
Women's 58 kg
Women's 69 kg
Women's 77 kg
Women's +77 kg
Results by class
Each class lists the place, the total and all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash in the place column means no total was recorded, most often after three misses in the snatch or in the clean and jerk. Where two lifters tie and the results cannot separate them, both are shown without a place.
Men's 56 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Herman Onjatiana | 187 | 56 | 77 | 81 | 100 | 103 | 106 | |
| 2 | Haroun Moussa | 186 | 55.8 | 76 | 78 | 82 | 95 | 101 | 104 |
| 3 | Mahmoud Abdulhamid | 153 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 81 | 83 | |
| 4 | Thabo Munyengwa | 144 | 53.6 | 58 | 62 | 76 | 82 | ||
| 5 | Zadok Nii Amul Dodoo | 125 | 54.8 | 55 | 65 | 70 | |||
| 6 | Ace wood Waiyaki | 124 | 42.9 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 68 | ||
Men's 60 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Qossey Chaabi | 202 | 58.5 | 86 | 92 | 107 | 110 | ||
| 2 | Ian Okinyi Adongo | 200 | 59 | 85 | 92 | 105 | 108 | ||
| 3 | Francis Kondeh | 185 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 100 | |
| 4 | Mahmoud Qanaw | 169 | 59.5 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 91 | 94 | |
Men's 65 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Sadek Mohamed | 238 | 64.15 | 97 | 101 | 103 | 127 | 131 | 135 |
| 2 | Gaston Yemgoua Wafo | 231 | 64.5 | 95 | 126 | 131 | 136 | ||
| 3 | Golge Tarwirei | 150 | 63.4 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 80 |
Men's 71 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Tewarry Mohamed Islam | 244 | 68.2 | 107 | 132 | 137 | |||
| 2 | Abdulrauf Khalleefah | 243 | 70.6 | 107 | 113 | 125 | 130 | ||
Men's 79 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Ali Ali | 309 | 77.9 | 135 | 142 | 155 | 167 | ||
| 2 | Mohammed Albakhnasi | 245 | 78.3 | 97 | 108 | 113 | 125 | 132 | |
Men's 88 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | David Hercule Matam Sandje | 275 | 81.4 | 115 | 125 | 140 | 150 | ||
| 2 | Donovan Madanamoothoo | 234 | 82.7 | 90 | 100 | 103 | 115 | 125 | 131 |
Men's 94 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Abdelrahem Kurban | 205 | 90.6 | 85 | 93 | 100 | 105 | ||
Women's 44 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Marwa En-Namli | 90 | 43.8 | 40 | 50 | ||||
Women's 48 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Chinaza Cecelia Ezenwa | 136 | 47 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 70 | 73 | |
| 2 | Tendry Tsiky Mahay Tia Rakotonoely | 124 | 47.8 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 62 | 65 | 68 |
| 3 | Lina Amanda Omondi | 100 | 47.2 | 43 | 45 | 50 | 55 | ||
| 4 | Theresa Lanyoh | 80 | 48 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 43 | 45 |
Women's 53 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Yasmine Radhouani | 143 | 51.1 | 57 | 63 | 65 | 73 | 78 | |
Women's 58 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Florence Oluwadamilare Olarinoye | 157 | 57.7 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 82 | 86 | |
| 2 | Inas Dris | 150 | 58 | 65 | 70 | 80 | |||
| 3 | Yayra Akos Agozi | 116 | 57 | 51 | 58 | 61 | 65 | ||
| - | Khadija Bouzian | - | 57.4 | 50 | 52 | ||||
Women's 63 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Mercy Kerubo | 165 | 61.9 | 73 | 75 | 90 | |||
| - | Soloniaina chainah Andriamparany | - | 62.7 | 86 | 91 | ||||
Women's 69 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Abeer Elfedawy | 200 | 68.7 | 80 | 86 | 91 | 100 | 109 | |
| 2 | Eya El Ghali | 163 | 67.3 | 65 | 70 | 82 | 90 | 93 | |
| 3 | Sheriffa Halidu | 110 | 65.3 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 63 | |
| 4 | Fuseina Ali | 99 | 68.5 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | ||
Women's 77 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Ghofrane Ghrissa | 182 | 73.8 | 76 | 81 | 94 | 101 | ||
| 2 | Sondous Mahmoud | 176 | 74.9 | 76 | 91 | 100 | |||
Women's +77 kg, 2025 African Youth Weightlifting Championships
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| Place | Athlete | Total | Bodyweight | Snatch | Clean and jerk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| 1 | Naoui Zeineb | 187 | 85.3 | 83 | 89 | 98 | |||
| 2 | Dunay Vermeulen | 128 | 101.7 | 53 | 56 | 68 | 72 | ||
| 3 | Yahna Soopal | 112 | 97.9 | 40 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 60 | 63 |
| 4 | Joana Dede Vanderpuye | 94 | 83.8 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 49 | |
| 5 | Baaba Adwoa Barnes | 94 | 109.6 | 40 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 50 | |

