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 graced this prestigious race. The championships are an Olympic qualifying event.

Editions
Editions Year Host Country Host City
I2007 NamibiaWindhoek
II2009 South AfricaMankele
III2011 South AfricaCape Town
IV2012 MauritiusCasela - Yemen
V2013 South AfricaPietermaritzburg
VI2014 South AfricaCape Town
VII2015 RwandaMusanze
VIII2016 LesothoAfriski
IX2017 MauritiusBel-Ombre

Men's summary

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

Under 23
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2009 Burry Stander Matthys Beukes Bryce Munro
2011 James Reid Dominic Calitz Adriaan Louw
2012 Rourke Croeser Gert Heyns James Reid
2013 Brendon Davids James Reid Arno du Toit
2014 James Reid Brendon Davids Arno du Toit
2016 Alan Hatherly Marc Fourie Julian Jessop
2017 Tristan De Lange Tumelo Makae Henry Liebenberg
2018 Jarrod van den Heever Tristan de Lange Reinhard Zellhuber
2019 Wessel Botha Julian Jessop Henry Liebenberg

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

Women's summary

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

Under 23
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2013 Mariske Strauss Candice Neethling Vera Adrian
2014 Candice Neethling Ashley Parker-Moffatt Hayley Smith
2016 Genevieve Van Coller Frances Du Toit Bianca Haw
2017 Skye Davidson
2018 Stacey Hyslop Ebtisam Zayed Donia Rashwan
2019 Anita Yama

Juniors
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 Melanie Palframan Genee Steyn
2012 Linda Van Wijk Nicole Erasmus Tayla Odendaal
2013 Bianca Haw Marie-Christin Kempf Marne Botha
2014 Bianca Haw Frances Du Toit Kimberly Le Court de Billot
2015 Skye Davidson Stacey Hyslop
2016 Danielle Strydom Christie Hearder Allison Morton
2017
2018 Wissam Bouzegzi Maroi Rania Alami Marrouni Yasmine Bouzenzen
2019 Zandri Strydom Frances Janse van Rensburg 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 Yannick Lincoln Costa Seireb Phetetso Monese
2017 Arno du Toit Yannick Lincoln Adil Jelloul

Women
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016 Amy McDougall Ila Gray
2017 Aurelie Halbwachs Skye Davidson Pauline Toulet

Climbing

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2012 Arnaud Li Mathieu Marion Jaysan Mohesh
2014 Andrew Neethling Tiaan Odendaal Johann Potgieter
2016 Tiaan Odendaal Stefan Garlicki Johann Potgieter

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

References


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