2025 African Weightlifting Championships Results

Things are heating up around the globe as the 2025 season of competitive weightlifting is officially underway. The second major continental event, the 2025 African Weightlifting Championships, ran from Apr. 20 to 28 in Moka, Mauritius. 

• Our Mission: As part of Weightlifting House's commitment to bring the sport of weightlifting closer to the fans, we're proud to provide coverage of as many major weightlifting events as we can this year. 

Below, you'll find podium results from all weight class events at the African Weightlifting Championships. If you just want the skinny, we've got some highlights to check out as well:

Elsewhere: Oceania Cup + Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships Results

• 22 countries took part in this year's African Weightlifting Championships, a record high for the region.
• Three participating countries, Liberia, Mauritania, and Cape Verde, had never sent athletes to an International Weightlifting Federation meet before. 
• Despite winning more team points than any other country, Tunisia trailed Nigeria in medal count, 12 to 13.
• 147 kilograms separated the 109-kilogram gold and silver medalists in the total; 367 to 220.
• Abdelrahman Mohamed Younes (M81, EGY) won with a 345-kilogram total — the only men's participant whose result would have landed him on the podium at the recent European Weightlifting Championships.
• Onome Didih (55, NGR), Rafiatu Lawal (59, NGR), and Sarah Matthew's (76, NGR) totals would have put them on the European women's podium, with Matthew's 237 besting 76-kilo winner Genna Toko Kegne by four.
• Guinea's Kekoura Traoure, the +109-kilogram bronze medalist, was the only male competitor in any category to go six-for-six. 
• Similarly, Zeineb Naoui (87, TUN) who won silver, was the only woman to have a flawless day on the platform. 
• Sara Samir Ahmed (76, EGY), Africa's most dominant active weightlifter, did not compete at this event.  

Below are the results from each weight class at the African Weightlifting Championships. Take note — some classes did not have enough participants to fill the podium, which is why the results may appear incomplete.

Editor's Note: The formatting below reads as "Athlete (Country): Total (Snatch / Clean & Jerk)"

45KG

1. Maysa Khadhraoui (TUN): 124 (54/70)
2. Tiavina Andriamitantsoa (MAD): 116 (48/68)

49KG

1. Basma Abdelwahab (EGY): 156 (68/88)
2. Nour Khalfaoui (TUN): 144 (64/80)
3. Tasnim Ben Wada (TUN): 140 (60/80)

55KG

1. Onome Omolola Didih (NGR): 203 (92/111)
2. Ghofrane Belkhir (TUN): 188 (83/105)
3. Noura Helmi (EGY): 182 (82/100)

59KG

1. Rafiatu Lawal (NGR): 213 (95/118)
2. Israa Bejaoui (TUN): 164 (73/91)
3. Inas Dris (ALG): 156 (72/84)

64KG

1. Ruth Ayodele (NGR): 213 (93/120)
2. Chaima Rahmouni (TUN): 192 (92/100)
3. Seforah Eugenie Marie (MRI): 181 (85/96)

71KG

1. Ketty Lent (MRI): 209 (92/117)
2. Jawaher Gesmi (TUN): 202 (86/116)
3. Douaa Bouabdellah (ALG): 175 (79/96)

76KG

1. Sarah Matthew (NGR): 237 (107/130)
2. Nihad Belounis (ALG): 191 (84/107)
3. Kerrin Bouch (RSA): 174 (77/97)

81KG

1. Anastajia Marie Megan (MRI): 157 (70/87)
2. Yukta Mohitram (MRI): 105 (45/60)

87KG

1. Eyenge Gaelle (CMR): 219 (93/126)
2. Zeineb Naoui (TUN): 195 (90/105)
3. Alison Sunee (MRI): 185 (84/101)

+87KG

1. .Amina Yahia Mamoun (ALG): 208 (93/115)
2. Djifack Rayssa (CMR): 190 (80/110)
3. Momeni Adele (CMR): 176 (81/95)

55KG

1. Havotriniaina Rakotomandimby (MAD): 211 (93/118)
2. Willem Emile (MRI): 204 (94/110)
3. Brini Allam (TUN): 203 (86/117)

61KG

1. Amine Bouhajba (TUN): 242 (110/132)
2. Jule Andriamahefa (MAD): 235 (105/130)
3. Davis Niyoyita (UGA): 201 (86/115)

67KG

1. Ahmed Mahmoud (EGY): 281 (130/151)
2. Tuesday Emmanuel (NGR): 276 (130/146)
3. Ayoub Salem (TUN): 275 (128/147)

73KG

1. Karem Ben Hnia (TUN): 318 (142/176)
2. Edidiong Umoafia (NGR): 317 (147/170)
3. Abeussa Thibault (CMR): 284 (122/162)

81KG

1. Abdelrahman Younes (EGY): 345 (162/183)
2. Samir Fardjallah (ALG): 332 (152/180)
3. Nigel Ternce (MRI): 279 (123/156)

89KG

1. Ngouanom Jeremie Jr. (CMR): 328 (146/182)
2. William Swart (RSA): 313 (133/180)
3. Mohammed Meknaici (ALG): 302 (142/160)

96KG

1. Farid Sadi (ALG): 315 (145/170)
2. Vuyani Masgego (RSA): 298 (134/164)
3. Nicolaas Du Plooy (RSA): 293 (133/160)

102KG

1. Khelwin Juboo (MRI): 298 (128/170)
2. Christoffeel Reeders (RSA): 293 (133/160)

109KG

1. Ngadja Periclex (CMR): 367 (161/206)
2. Muhammed Njie (GAM): 220 (90/130)

+109KG

1. Ezzedine Lahmadi (TUN): 322 (152/170)
2. Gabriel Owusu (GHA): 260 (120/140)
3. Kekoura Traore (GUI): 170 (80/90)