title: 2020 African Wrestling Championships
text: # 2020 African Wrestling Championships
  
  The 2020 African Wrestling Championships was held in Algiers, Algeria from 8 to 9 February 2020.
  
  Competitions were held in three age groups: cadets, juniors, and seniors according to United World Wrestling rules.
  
  ## Medals
  
  ### Seniors
  
  * Host nation (Algeria)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Algeria (ALG)* | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
  | 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
  | 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
  | 4 | Tunisia (TUN) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
  | 5 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | Cameroon (CMR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 8 | Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 12 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 30 | 30 | 36 | 96 |
  
  ### Juniors (U20)
  
  * Host nation (Algeria)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
  | 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
  | 3 | Algeria (ALG)* | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
  | 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
  | 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
  | 6 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 30 | 29 | 26 | 85 |
  
  ### Cadets (U17)
  
  * Host nation (Algeria)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 16 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
  | 2 | Algeria (ALG)* | 7 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
  | 3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
  | 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
  | 5 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 30 | 30 | 22 | 82 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's freestyle
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 57 kg | Abdelhak Kherbache | Diamantino Iuna Fafé | Gamal Mohamed Jakobo Tau |
  | 61 kg | Abdelghani Benatallah | Yousef Mohamed Yousef Eissa | Chakir Ansari |
  | 65 kg | Mbunde Cumba Mbali | Amas Daniel | Fathi Tarek Ismail Amar Laissaioui |
  | 70 kg | Haithem Dakhlaoui | Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Elmadboh | Ibrahim Mokhtari |
  | 74 kg | Ogbonna John | Ishak Boukhors | Maher Ghanmi Amr Reda Hussen |
  | 79 kg | Ayoub Barraj | Saifeldin Elkoumy | Mohammed Boudraa |
  | 86 kg | Khaled El-Moatamadawi | Roman Manitra Raharison | Fateh Benferdjallah Ekerekeme Agiomor |
  | 92 kg | Mohammed Fardj | Imed Kaddidi | Mohamed Abdalla |
  | 97 kg | Mohamed Saadaoui | Martin Erasmus | Soso Tamarau Francisco Nkunga Ngonda |
  | 125 kg | Diaaeldin Kamal | Djahid Berrahal | Johannes Jacobus Kriel |
  
  ### Men's Greco-Roman
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 55 kg | Abdelkarim Fergat | Romio Goliath | Youssef Thabet |
  | 60 kg | Haithem Mahmoud | Abdennour Laouni | Abderrazak Rouinbi |
  | 63 kg | Abdeldjebar Djebbari | Mostafa Mohamed | Hamed Tchoufon |
  | 67 kg | Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed | Ishak Ghaiou | Radhwen Tarhouni |
  | 72 kg | Mohamed Abouhalima | Lamjed Maafi | Tarek Benaissa |
  | 77 kg | Abdelkrim Ouakali | Wael Abdelrahman | Mohamed Landolsi |
  | 82 kg | Chawki Doulache | Ghaith Hannachi | Mohamed Selim |
  | 87 kg | Bachir Sid Azara | Mohamed Metwally | Mohamed Missaoui |
  | 97 kg | Adem Boudjemline | Haikel Achouri | Noureldin Hassan |
  | 130 kg | Abdellatif Mohamed | Amine Guennichi | Hichem Kouchit |
  
  ### Women's freestyle
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 kg | Mercy Genesis | Nada Medani | Ibtissem Doudou Sarra Hamdi |
  | 53 kg | Joseph Essombe | Bose Samuel | Kholod Ahmed |
  | 55 kg | Esther Kolawole | Dorssaf Gharssi | Faten Ahmed |
  | 57 kg | Odunayo Adekuoroye | Eman Ebrahim | Siwar Bousetta |
  | 59 kg | Bisola Makanjuola | Fatma Elkeliny | Khouloud El Ouni |
  | 62 kg | Marwa Amri | Aminat Adeniyi | Berthe Etane Ngolle |
  | 65 kg | Hannah Rueben | Amel Hammiche | Lilia Mejri |
  | 68 kg | Blessing Oborududu | Anta Sambou | Rihem Ayari |
  | 72 kg | Zaineb Sghaier | Sunmisola Balogun | Eman Mohamed |
  | 76 kg | Samar Amer | Blessing Onyebuchi | Yvette Zié |
  