African U18 Championships in Athletics

African Youth Athletics Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)midyear
Frequencybiennial
Inaugurated2013
Organised byConfederation of African Athletics

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]

Editions

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
events 		No. of
athletes 		Leading nation
1 2013 Warri  Nigeria 28–31 March Warri Township Stadium 36 Nigeria
2 2015 Reduit  Mauritius 23–26 April Maryse Justin Stadium 38 350 South Africa
3 2019 Abidjan  Ivory Coast 16–20 April Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 39 South Africa
4 2023 Ndola  Zambia 29 April – 3 May Levy Mwanawasa Stadium 41 South Africa
5 2025 Abeokuta  Nigeria 16–20 July MKO Abiola Sports Complex 41 South Africa

Championships records

Boys

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) 13.26 Phenyo Miyen  South Africa July 2025 2025 Championships Abeokuta, Nigeria [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
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put 400m 110m H (wind) High jump Javelin 1000m
11.29 (+0.4 m/s) 6.57 m (−0.5 m/s) 11.59 m 52.72 14.58 (±0.0 m/s) 1.93 m 31.20 m 3:04.61
10,000 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

Girls

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
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
100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
15.04 (+1.1 m/s) 1.57 m 9.24 m 26.19 (+3.1 m/s) 5.24 m 30.45 m 2:19.94
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]

References

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