The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental

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competition for African athletes, organised by the

Confederation of African Athletics The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: ''Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme'') is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It organises the African Championships in ...

. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition. The competition was the third continental athletics competition to be created for that age level, following in the steps of the

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and

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events. Its proposal, coming at a similar time as that for the

European Athletics Youth Championships The European Athletics U18 Championships (named as European Athletics Youth Championships in 2016) are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen ( youth category). The creation of the competition stemmed fr ...

, marked a growing interest in international competition for younger people.Mistrzostwa Europy dla juniorów młodszych?
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Editions

Championships records

Boys

Girls

References

;General *CAA
African U18 Championships Records
''20 April 2019 updated'' ;Specific

External links

Confederation of African Athletics website

African Youth Championships Records – Men

African Youth Championships Records – Women
{{Records in athletics Continental athletics championships

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Under-18 athletics competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2013 Biennial athletics competitions