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competed at the

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held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in

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, Morocco. In total, 290 athletes were scheduled to represent Kenya at 12th edition of the African Games. This later dropped to 259 athletes. Athletes representing Kenya won 11 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 10 bronze medals and the country finished 7th in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Kenya competed in both the men's and

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tournaments. The men's team lost all their matches in the group phase and did not advance to the semi-finals. The women's team finished in 4th place.

Archery

Kenya competed in archery. Sayed Mohamed Akeel,

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and Diramu Golicha Elema competed in several archery events.

Athletics

In total 61 athletes competed in athletics.

Beatrice Chepkoech Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik (born 6 July 1991)Beatrice Chepkoech

Paul Tanui and

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are among the athletes to represent Kenya in athletics at the 2019 African Games. Hyvin Kiyeng,

Conseslus Kipruto Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At the World Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in 20 ...

Benjamin Kigen Benjamin Kigen (born July 5, 1993) is a Kenyan athlete who competes primarily in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kigen took gold at the 2019 All-Africa Games. He is from Baringo County, Kenya an ...

and Joash Kiplimo were scheduled to compete.

Titus Ekiru Titus Ekiru (born 2 January 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He represented Kenya at the 2019 African Games and he won the men's half marathon with a time of 1:01:42. He became the first Kenyan to win this event at the African Games. Th ...

won the men's half marathon with a time of 1:01:42. He became the first Kenyan to win this event at the African Games. This was also a new African Games record.

Badminton

Kenya competed in badminton with 8 players.

Boxing

Ethan Maina, Boniface Mugunde,

Nick Okoth Nicholas Okongo Okoth (born 3 March 1983) is a Kenyan amateur boxer. He fought at the 2008 Olympics as a featherweight after winning the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. In Beijing he lost his debut to Arturo Santos Reyes ...

, Boniface Mugunde, George Kosby, Veronica Mbithe and Elizabeth Akinyi were among the boxers to represent Kenya at the 2019 African Games. Lorna Kusa also represented Kenya in boxing.

Chess

Kenya competed in chess. Mehul Manilal Gohil, Mongeli Maingi, Joyce Nyaruai Ndirangu and Ricky Kipng'etich Sang were scheduled to compete in chess.

Cycling

Kenya competed in both mountain bike cycling and road cycling. Nancy Akinyi Debe won one of the two bronze medals in the women's cross-country marathon event. Fatima Zahraa El Hayani representing

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also won a bronze medal in this event as both cyclists finished with a time of 2:29:58.520.

Handball

Kenya competed in the women's handball tournament. The women's team lost all their matches and did not advance to the quarter-finals.

Judo

18 athletes represented Kenya in judo. Among these are: Esther Ikiugu, Carlos Ochieng,

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, Kimberly Okwisa, Peterson Gathiru, Lydia Wangui, Mathew Mutinda, Alice Lokale, Isaac Muyale, and Diana Kana.

Karate

Kenya competed in karate.

Rowing

Five rowers represented Kenya in rowing. Paluwas Ramadhani competed in the men's single sculls 500 metres event. Diana Natecho competed in the women's single sculls 500 metres event. Alex Osiako competed in the men's lightweight single sculls 500 metres event. Josephine Wangithi competed in the women's lightweight single sculls 500 metres event. Diana Natecho and Suleiman Ramdhani competed in the mixed 2 × 500 metres single sculls event.

Shooting

Two athletes represented Kenya in shooting (in the men's trap and men's skeet events). Matharu Jaspal Singh competed in the men's trap and the men's skeet event. Dhruv Rajesh Shah competed in the men's skeet event.

Swimming

Kenya competed in swimming. Eight swimmers were scheduled to compete: Maria Chantal Brunlehner, Rebecca Wacui Kamau, Maahir Abdulkadir Mohamed Marunani, Issa Abdulla Mohamed, Ridhwan Abubakar Bwana Mohamed, Emily Siobhan Muteti, Samuel Kariuki Ndonga and Swaleh Abubakar Talib. Kenyan swimmers won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event.

Table tennis

Kenya competed in table tennis.

Taekwondo

Faith Wanjiku Ogallo won the silver medal in the women's +73 kg event. Everlyne Aluocheolod won a bronze medal in the women's –73 kg event.

Tennis

Kenya competed in tennis.

Triathlon

Kenyan athletes competed in the men's, the women's event and the mixed relay event.

Volleyball

Both Kenya's men's team and women's team competed at the 2019 African Games. The women's team won the gold medal in the

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. Kenya also won the silver medal in the women's beach volleyball tournament.

Weightlifting

Kenya competed in weightlifting.

Wrestling

Kenya competed in wrestling. No medals were won.

References

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