African Race Walking Championships

African Race Walking Championships
SportRace walking
Founded1999
ContinentAfrica (CAA)

The African Race Walking Championships was a quadrennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 1999 and has featured races for senior men (20 km) and women (10 km in 1999, 20 km from 2005 on).[1] The 2005 edition was held jointly with the African Combined Events Championships.[2][3] The 2009 edition also featured junior events (10 km men and women).[4] The 2013 men's event was part of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.[5]

  1. ^ World and Continental Race Walking Championships and Cups - AFRICAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 2, 2013
  2. ^ African Combined Events and Race Walking Champs, Tunis (Tunisia) 21-22/05, retrieved August 1, 2013
  3. ^ Mzoughi, Hassen (May 22, 2005), Algeria, Tunisia and South Africa triumph at the African Championships for Combined Events and Race Walking, IAAF, retrieved August 2, 2013
  4. ^ Road walking African championships, Radès (Tunisia) 19/04, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 1, 2013
  5. ^ Walburton, Paul (April 19, 2013), Stylish Shange surprises to take African Race Walk title, IAAF, retrieved August 2, 2013