The African Combined Events Championships (french: Championnats d'Afrique d'Épreuves Combinées) is an international

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competition between African athletes in the disciplines of men's

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

and

women's heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. It became part of the

IAAF Combined Events Challenge The World Athletics Combined Events Tour (formerly IAAF Combined Events Challenge and World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events) is an annual series of combined track and field events meetings, organised since 1998 by World Athletics, with hep ...

circuit in 2011. The two-day event was established in 1999, when it was held in the Algerian capital of

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. A second edition was scheduled for 2003, to be held in

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, Mauritius, but this plan was abandoned. The second edition of the event was held in

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two years later and it was held along with the

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. Réduit has been the regular host for the competition since 2009, with the last three championships having been held at the town's Maryse Justin Stadium. In 2012, an open

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

meeting, organised by former Mauritian sprinter

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, was held alongside the main combined events meeting. Ghana's

Margaret Simpson Margaret Simpson (born 31 December 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process. Her personal best is 6423 points, achieved in Götzis in May 20 ...

and

Ali Kamé Ali Kamé (born 21 May 1984) is a Malagasy track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He won the gold medal at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics and was a bronze medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games. His personal best of 7 ...

of Madagascar are both three time champions of their respective events. Kamé's winning score of 7685 points in 2011 is the event record for the decathlon (as well as being a Malagasy record).2011 African Combined Events Championships Decathlon - Men Standings after Event 10
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23. Simpson set the current heptathlon record of 6184 points in 2012.Kamé and Simpson retain titles in Mauritius - IAAF Combined Events Challenge
IAAF (2012-04-15). Retrieved on 2012-04-23. The titles contested at this championships are considered separate from the combined events that feature on the programme at the biennial

African Championships in Athletics The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised ...

Editions

Medalists

Key:

Decathlon

* ^† = France's

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competed as a guest athlete and had the third best performance with a score of 6289 points. * ^†† = Italy's

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competed as a guest athletes and had the second best performance with a score of 7305 points.

Heptathlon

* ^† =

Nafissatou Thiam Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam (; born 19 August 1994) is a Belgian Sport of athletics, athlete specializing in multi-event competition. Thiam is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning the heptathlon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and 2020 ...

of Belgium competed as a guest athlete and had the second best performance with a score of 5906 points. * ^†† = Mari Klaup of Estonia competed as a guest athlete and had the second best performance with a score of 5583 points.

References

External links

Athletics Africa website
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