Cameroon at the 2019 African Games

Sporting event delegation
Cameroon at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Cameroon
IOC codeCMR
NOCCameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors126 (52 men and 74 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
10
Silver
12
Bronze
9
Total
31
African Games appearances
  • 1965
  • 1973
  • 1978
  • 1987
  • 1991
  • 1995
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2011
  • 2015
  • 2019
  • 2023

Cameroon competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Cameroon won 5 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 9 bronze medals and the country finished 11th in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Hélène Wezeu Dombeu Judo Women's -63 kg 17 August
 Gold Etienne Martial Nonani Bayomog Karate Kumite -75kg 26 August
 Gold Joseph Essombe Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg 29 August
 Gold Clementine Meukeugni Weightlifting Women's 87 kg Clean & Jerk 30 August
 Gold Men's team Volleyball Men's tournament 31 August
 Silver Hortence Vanessa Mballa Atangana Judo Women's +78 kg 18 August
 Silver Women's under-20 football team Football Women's tournament 29 August
 Silver Women's handball team Handball Women's tournament 29 August
 Silver Hannfou Nana Sarah Table tennis Women's singles 29 August
 Silver Berthe Etane Ngolle Wrestling Women's freestyle 62 kg 29 August
 Silver Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga Weightlifting Women's 76 kg Snatch 29 August
 Silver Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga Weightlifting Women's 76 kg Clean & Jerk 29 August
 Silver Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga Weightlifting Women's 76 kg 29 August
 Silver Women's team Volleyball Women's tournament 30 August
 Silver Joël Essama Weightlifting Men's 102 kg Snatch 30 August
 Silver Joël Essama Weightlifting Men's 102 kg Clean & Jerk 30 August
 Silver Joël Essama Weightlifting Men's 102 kg 30 August
 Silver Clementine Meukeugni Weightlifting Women's 87 kg Snatch 30 August
 Silver Clementine Meukeugni Weightlifting Women's 87 kg 30 August
 Bronze Dieudonne Dolassem Judo Men's -90 kg 18 August
 Bronze Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina Judo Women's -70 kg 18 August
 Bronze Jean Marc Kollo Ndzomo Karate Men's Kumite -67kg 26 August
 Bronze Ogandoa Nsioma Stella Karate Women's Kumite +68kg 26 August
 Bronze Angana Mendo Blandine Ghislaine Karate Women's Kumite -68kg 26 August
 Bronze Akele Akele Karate Women's Kata individual 26 August
 Bronze Dorine Stéphane Mambou Boxing Women's 57 kg 28 August
 Bronze Blandine Ngiri Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg 29 August
 Bronze Cedric Abossolo Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 30 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Football 0 1 0 1
Handball 0 1 0 1
Judo 1 1 2 4
Karate 1 0 4 5
Table tennis 0 1 0 1
Volleyball 1 1 0 2
Weightlifting 6 6 0 12
Wrestling 1 1 2 4
Total 10 12 9 31
Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 16 August 0 0 0 0
2 17 August 1 0 0 1
3 18 August 0 1 2 3

Athletics

No medals were won by athletes representing Cameroon in athletics.[1]

Jean Tarcisius Batamboc and Mayoumendam Zounedou competed in the men's 100 metres event.

Fanny Appes Ekanga competed in the women's 200 metres event.

Boxing

Seven athletes were scheduled to compete in boxing. Dorine Stéphane Mambou won the bronze medal in the women's featherweight (57kg) event.[2]

Chess

Four chess players represented Cameroon in chess.

Football

Cameroon's women's national under-20 football team won the silver medal in the women's tournament.[3][4][5]

Gymnastics

In total, four athletes represented Cameroon in gymnastics.[6]

Handball

The women's national handball team competed in handball at the 2019 African Games.[5][7] They won the silver medal in the women's tournament.[8]

Judo

Eight athletes represented Cameroon in judo: Njepang Njapa Audrey Dilane, Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina, Tsala Tsala Bernadin, Dieudonne Dolassem, Bell Ngindjel Franck Parisi, Hélène Wezeu Dombeu, Hortence Atangana and Bata Philomene Jocelin.

Karate

Cameroon competed in karate.[9]

Table tennis

Cameroon competed in table tennis.[10]

Nyoh Ofon Derek and Sarah Hanffou competed in table tennis.

Derek competed in the men's singles event and Sarah competed in the women's singles event. Sarah won the silver medal in that event.

They both also competed in the mixed doubles event.

Taekwondo

Adjewa Frederic, Amougou Antoine Thiery, Neyi Esrom and Touembou Kamgue Silvere competed in Taekwondo.

Volleyball

Both's the men's and women's national volleyball teams competed in volleyball.[5][11]

The men's team won gold in the men's tournament and the women's team won silver in the women's tournament.

Weightlifting

Cameroon competed in weightlifting.[12] In total, athletes representing Cameroon in weightlifting won one gold medal and eight silver medals.

Wrestling

Six wrestlers represented Cameroon.[13] In total they won one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals.[13][14]

References

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  2. ^ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (29 August 2019). "Nigeria beat Cameroon on penalties in women's football final at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "African Games 2019: Falconets beat Cameroon to win gold". BBC Sport (in Nigerian Pidgin). 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  7. ^ "The 12th African Games 2019 : Results of the draw". Confédération Africaine de HandBall. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Handball - Event Overview - Women's tournament". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Table tennis results book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Kenya women's volleyball team ready to defend African Games title". xinhuanet. 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". IWF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  13. ^ a b "NOC Overview - Cameroon". 2019 African Games Results. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. ^ "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.