# 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.

## 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 |
| 6 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 30 | 30 | 39 | 99 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | 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 |
| 57 kg | Diamantino Iuna Fafé Guinea-Bissau | Gamal Mohamed Egypt | Khalil Barkouti Tunisia |
| 61 kg | Abdelhak Kherbache Algeria | Firas Khalifa Tunisia | Shehabeldin Mohamed Egypt |
| 61 kg | Abdelhak Kherbache Algeria | Firas Khalifa Tunisia | Yassine Jaa Morocco |
| 65 kg | Farouk Jelassi Tunisia | Frederik Nortje South Africa | Zohier Iftene Algeria |
| 65 kg | Farouk Jelassi Tunisia | Frederik Nortje South Africa | Omar Mourad Egypt |
| 70 kg | Said El Gahsh Egypt | Mohamed Ali Zorgui Tunisia | Pieter Roedulf South Africa |
| 70 kg | Said El Gahsh Egypt | Mohamed Ali Zorgui Tunisia | Sylvio Diatta Senegal |
| 74 kg | Amr Reda Hussen Egypt | Bacar Ndum Guinea-Bissau | Yassine Faraj Morocco |
| 74 kg | Amr Reda Hussen Egypt | Bacar Ndum Guinea-Bissau | Abdelkader Ikkal Algeria |
| 79 kg | Ahmed Khaled Mohamed Egypt | Chemseddine Fetairia Algeria | Francisco Kadima Angola |
| 79 kg | Ahmed Khaled Mohamed Egypt | Chemseddine Fetairia Algeria | Ebikeme Newlife Nigeria |
| 86 kg | Fateh Benferdjallah Algeria | Saifeldin Elkoumy Egypt | Harrison Onovwiomogbohwo Nigeria |
| 86 kg | Fateh Benferdjallah Algeria | Saifeldin Elkoumy Egypt | 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 |
| 60 kg | Haithem Mahmoud Egypt | Ibrahim Bunduka Sierra Leone | 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 |
| 53 kg | Christianah Ogunsanya Nigeria | Nogona Bakayoko Ivory Coast | 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:
* Algeria (25)
* Angola (13)
* Ivory Coast (3)
* Cameroon (6)
* Comoros (2)
* Cape Verde (3)
* Egypt (26)
* Guinea-Bissau (3)
* Guinea (1)
* Kenya (17)
* Madagascar (5)
* Morocco (24)
* Mauritius (2)
* Namibia (2)
* Nigeria (17)
* South Africa (14)
* Senegal (3)
* Sierra Leone (3)
* Sudan (1)
* Tunisia (30) (Host)
* 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) | 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) | 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 |