São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
competed at the
2019 African Games
The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.
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held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
, Morocco. In total, athletes representing São Tomé and Príncipe won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal and the country finished 25th in the medal table. All medals were won in canoeing.
Medal summary
Medal table
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Athletics
In total, five athletes represented São Tomé and Príncipe in athletics.
Gorete Semedo
Gorete Borges Tavares Semedo (born 5 October 1996) is a São Tomé and Príncipe track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. In 2017, she competed in the women's 100 metres event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in Lon ...
competed in the
women's 100 metres event and she reached the semifinals.
She was disqualified in the semifinals after a false start.
Gorete Semedo also competed in the
women's 200 metres event and she finished in 28th place in the heats.
competed in the women's 100 metres and she finished in 26th place in the heats; she did not advance to the semifinals.
She also competed in the
women's long jump event and she finished in 7th place.
competed in the
men's 200 metres event and he finished in 42nd place in the heats.
He also competed in the
men's 400 metres event where he finished in 41st place in the heats.
competed in the
men's 800 metres event and he finished in 29th place in the heats.
was scheduled to compete in the
men's long jump event but he did not start.
Canoeing
São Tomé and Príncipe competed in canoeing.
Buly Da Conceição Triste
Buly Da Conceição Triste (born July 4, 1991) is a sprint canoeist from São Tomé and Príncipe. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olym ...
won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal.
He won the gold medal in the men's C-2 1000 metres event (together with
Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos), the silver medal in the men's C-1 1000 metres event and the bronze medal in the men's C-1 200 metres event.
As a result of winning the gold medal in the men's C-2 1000 metres event São Tomé and Príncipe qualified one boat to compete
in that event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Chess
Four chess players represented São Tomé and Príncipe in chess and they took part in all five events. No medals were won.
Taekwondo
Three athletes competed in Taekwondo.
References
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Nations at the 2019 African Games
2019
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