2009 African Badminton Championships

2009 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates17–24 April
Edition15th
VenueMoi International Sports Centre
LocationNairobi, Kenya
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The 2009 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, from 17 to 24 April 2009.[1][2]

In the semi-finals of the team event, South Africa defeated Mauritius 3–1 while Seychelles defeated Egypt 3–0 to reach the final.[3] In the final, South Africa dethroned defending champions Seychelles by winning against them 3–1.[4]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Nigeria Ola Fagbemi Nigeria Jinkan Ifraimu Seychelles Steve Malcouzanne
Egypt Abdelrahman Kashkal
Women's singles Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan South Africa Stacey Doubell Seychelles Catherina Paulin
Nigeria Susan Ideh
Men's doubles Nigeria Ola Fagbemi
Nigeria Jinkan Ifraimu 		South Africa Chris Dednam
South Africa Dorian James 		Seychelles Georgie Cupidon
Seychelles Steve Malcouzanne
Mauritius Sahir Edoo
Mauritius Yoni Louison
Women's doubles Nigeria Grace Daniel
Nigeria Mary Gideon 		South Africa Stacey Doubell
South Africa Kerry-Lee Harrington 		Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan
Seychelles Catherina Paulin
South Africa Michelle Edwards
South Africa Annari Viljoen
Mixed doubles Nigeria Ola Fagbemi
Nigeria Grace Daniel 		Seychelles Georgie Cupidon
Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan 		South Africa Dorian James
South Africa Stacey Doubell
Mauritius Sahir Edoo
Mauritius Shama Aboobakar
Mixed team  South Africa
Chris Dednam
Dorian James
Stacey Doubell
Michelle Edwards
Kerry-Lee Harrington
Annari Viljoen 		 Seychelles
Georgie Cupidon
Steve Malcouzanne
Juliette Ah-Wan
Catherina Paulin 		 Mauritius
Sahir Edoo
Yoni Louison
Shama Aboobakar
Karen Foo Kune
 Egypt
Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb
Abdelrahman Kashkal
Shehab Yehia
Noran Hassan Elbanna
Hadia Hosny
Dina Nagy

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Kenya)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria4116
2 South Africa1326
3 Seychelles1247
4 Mauritius0033
5 Egypt0022
Totals (5 entries)661224

References

  1. ^ "African Championship 2009 | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ "Tukire leads Uganda side". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "Badminton : Maurice décroche le bronze par équipes aux Championnats d'Afrique". lexpress.mu (in French). 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ "Badminton: African Championship and Kenya International-Seychelles lose team event title -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-23.