African Mountain Bike Championships

The Union Cycliste Internationale African Mountain Bike Championships (French : Championnat d'Afrique de VTT) is the highest echelon of Mountain Bike racing on the African continent. First held in 2007 at Windhoek, Namibia the event has been contested every year since. It is ruled and managed by the African Cycling Confederation. Over the years top riders from South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Mauritius, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe have attended this prestigious race. The championships are an Olympic qualifying event.

Editions

Editions Year Host Country Host City
I 2007  Namibia Windhoek
II 2009  South Africa Mankele
III 2011  South Africa Cape Town
IV 2012  Mauritius Casela - Yemen
V 2013  South Africa Pietermaritzburg
VI 2014  South Africa Cape Town
VII 2015  Rwanda Musanze
VIII 2016  Lesotho Afriski
IX 2017  Mauritius Bel-Ombre
X 2018  Egypt Wadi Degla
XI 2019  Namibia Windhoek
XII 2020 COVID-19 Disruption No event,
XIII 2021 COVID-19 Disruption No event,
XIV 2022  Namibia Windhoek

Men's summary

Elites

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Burry Stander South Africa Ben Melt Swanepoel Namibia Mannie Heymans
2009 Namibia Marc Bassingthwaighte South Africa Renay Groustra South Africa Ben Swanepoel
2011 South Africa Burry Stander Namibia Marc Bassingthwaighte South Africa Philip Buys
2012 South Africa Philip Buys Namibia Marc Bassingthwaighte Rwanda Adrien Niyonshuti
2013 South Africa Philip Buys Mauritius Yannick Lincoln Namibia Heinrich Köhne
2014 South Africa Philip Buys South Africa Lourens Luus South Africa Rourke Croeser
2015 South Africa James Reid South Africa Matthys Beukes South Africa Rourke Croeser
2016 South Africa Philip Buys South Africa James Reid South Africa Arno Du Toit
2017 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Stuart Marais Mauritius Yannick Lincoln
2018 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Stuart Marais Namibia Till Drobisch
2019 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Philip Buys Namibia Alex Miller
2022 Namibia Alex Miller (cyclist) South Africa Philip Buys South Africa Luke Moir

Under 23

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2009 South Africa Burry Stander South Africa Matthys Beukes South Africa Bryce Munro
2011 South Africa James Reid South Africa Dominic Calitz South Africa Adriaan Louw
2012 South Africa Rourke Croeser South Africa Gert Heyns South Africa James Reid
2013 South Africa Brendon Davids South Africa James Reid South Africa Arno du Toit
2014 South Africa James Reid South Africa Brendon Davids South Africa Arno du Toit
2016 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Marc Fourie South Africa Julian Jessop
2017 Namibia Tristan De Lange Lesotho Tumelo Makae South Africa Henry Liebenberg
2018 South Africa Jarrod van den Heever Namibia Tristan de Lange South Africa Reinhard Zellhuber
2019 South Africa Wessel Botha South Africa Julian Jessop South Africa Henry Liebenberg

Juniors

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Timothy Stark Namibia Jean Hendrik Verdoes Namibia Kim Joerges
2009 South Africa James Reid South Africa Adriaan Louw South Africa Shaun Silver
2011 South Africa Brendon Davids South Africa Gert Heyns South Africa Luke Roberts
2012 South Africa Patrick Belton South Africa Kyle Dorkin South Africa Paul Rodenbach
2013 South Africa Dylan Rebello Namibia Martin Freyer South Africa Ivan Venter
2014 South Africa Stephan Senekal South Africa Sybrand Strauss South Africa Alan Hatherly
2015 Namibia Tristan De Lange Namibia Brandon Plaatjies South Africa Johan Hartzenberg
2016 Namibia Herbert Peters South Africa Henry Liebenberg South Africa Wessel Botha
2017 South Africa Rossouw Bekker South Africa Pieter Du Toit Namibia Axel Miller
2018 Namibia Alex Miller South Africa Keagan Bontekoning South Africa Daniel van der Walt
2019 South Africa Daniel van der Walt South Africa Johan van Zyl South Africa Tristan Nortje

Women's summary

Elites

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Yolande Speedy South Africa Amy Jane Mundy South Africa Tania Raats
2012 South Africa Catherine Neethling Mauritius Aurélie Halbwachs Namibia Heletje Van Staden
2013 South Africa Yolande Speedy Mauritius Aurélie Halbwachs South Africa Samantha Sanders
2014 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Samantha Sanders South Africa Cherie Vale
2015 South Africa Bianca Haw South Africa Cherie Vale Namibia Michelle Vorster
2016 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Cherie Vale Namibia Michelle Vorster
2017 Namibia Michelle Vorster Mauritius Aurelie Halbwachs Lesotho Likeleli Masitise
2018 South Africa Cherie Redecker Kenya Nancy Akinyi Tunisia Nesrine Ghedira
2019 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Cherie Redecker South Africa Candice Lill

Under 23

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2013 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Candice Neethling Namibia Vera Adrian
2014 South Africa Candice Neethling South Africa Ashley Parker-Moffatt South Africa Hayley Smith
2016 South Africa Genevieve Van Coller South Africa Frances Du Toit South Africa Bianca Haw
2017 Zimbabwe Skye Davidson
2018 Zimbabwe Stacey Hyslop Egypt Ebtisam Zayed Egypt Donia Rashwan
2019 Zambia Anita Yama

Juniors

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Melanie Palframan South Africa Genee Steyn
2012 South Africa Linda Van Wijk South Africa Nicole Erasmus South Africa Tayla Odendaal
2013 South Africa Bianca Haw South Africa Marie-Christin Kempf South Africa Marne Botha
2014 South Africa Bianca Haw South Africa Frances Du Toit Mauritius Kimberly Le Court de Billot
2015 Zimbabwe Skye Davidson Zimbabwe Stacey Hyslop
2016 South Africa Danielle Strydom South Africa Christie Hearder South Africa Allison Morton
2017
2018 Algeria Wissam Bouzegzi Morocco Maroi Rania Alami Marrouni Algeria Yasmine Bouzenzen
2019 South Africa Zandri Strydom South Africa Frances Janse van Rensburg South Africa Emma Van Coller

Team Cross-country

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Namibia
Michelle Vorster
Costa Seibeb
Herbert Peters
Tristan De Lange 		 Lesotho
Malefetsane Lesofe
Cabonina Koqo
Likeleli Masitise
Phetetso Monese 		 Zimbabwe
Skye Davidson
Anthony Greenway
Stacey Hyslop
Jake Greenway
2017

Cross-Country Marathon

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016 Mauritius Yannick Lincoln Namibia Costa Seireb Lesotho Phetetso Monese
2017 South Africa Arno du Toit Mauritius Yannick Lincoln Morocco Adil Jelloul

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016 South Africa Amy McDougall South Africa Ila Gray
2017 Mauritius Aurelie Halbwachs Zimbabwe Skye Davidson Mauritius Pauline Toulet

Climbing

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2012 Mauritius Arnaud Li Mauritius Matthieu Marion Mauritius Jaysan Mohesh
2014 South Africa Andrew Neethling South Africa Tiaan Odendaal South Africa Johann Potgieter
2016 South Africa Tiaan Odendaal South Africa Stefan Garlicki South Africa Johann Potgieter

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2014 South Africa Hayley-Ann Adamson
2016 South Africa Kim Westbrook

References

External links

  • Official Webpage


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