Team South Africa is currently in second place at the African Games with 51 medals… and we still have a week to go!
Morocco, Africa – A squad of 153 athletes and officials are flying South Africa’s flag high at this year’s 12th edition of the African Games held in Morocco from 16-31 August.
The team has representation in 11 out of 26 sporting codes being contested at the Games.
As per the norm at the African Games, Team SA’s biggest contingent comes from athletics with a total of 38 athletes followed by Swimming with a total of 24 athletes. Other codes that form part of the team are archery, badminton, canoeing, cycling, judo, table tennis, tennis, beach volleyball, and weightlifting.
Previously known as All Africa Games, the African Games is an important multi-coded event, and the highest pinnacle of continental Games held every four years – one year before the Olympic Games. At the former Games in Congo Brazzaville, 2015, Team SA performed exceptionally and won a total of 122 medals, 41 gold, 41 silver and 40 bronze placing third on the medal table.
The team is a great blend of experienced athletes who have performed well at the highest level in different international events, and we have bagged 51 medals with a week left to go!
This is where Team SA’s current medal count comes from:
Gold (23)
- Tiffany Keep (cycling), women’s mountain biking cross-country
- Women’s team time trial (cycling)
- Men’s team time trial (cycling)
- Erin Gallagher (swimming) women’s 50m freestyle
- Erin Gallagher (swimming) women’s 100m freestyle
- Erin Gallagher (swimming) women’s 50m backstroke
- Kaylene Corbett (swimming) women’s 50m breaststroke
- Kaylene Corbett (swimming) women’s 100m breaststroke
- Kaylene Corbett (swimming) women’s 200m breaststroke
- Michael Houlie (swimming) men’s 50m breaststroke
- Martin Binedell (swimming) men’s 200m backstroke
- Alaric Basson (swimming) men’s 100m breaststroke
- Alaric Basson (swimming) men’s 200m breaststroke
- Samantha Randle (swimming) women’s 400m IM
- Ryan Coetzee (men’s 100m butterfly)
- Jessica Whelan (women’s 200m IM)
- Women’s 4x200m freestyle (swimming)
- Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay (swimming)
- Women’s 4x100m medley relay (swimming)
- Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay (swimming)
- Mixed 4x100m medley relay (swimming)
- Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay (swimming)
- Men’s 4x100m medley relay (swimming)
Silver (15)
- Michaela Whitebooi (judo) women’s 48kg
- Unelle Snyman (judo) women’s 78kg
- Christin Mundell (swimming) women’s 50m breaststroke
- Christin Mundell (swimming) women’s 100m breaststroke
- Christin Mundell (swimming) women’s 200m breaststroke
- Christin Mundell (swimming) women’s 200m freestyle
- Christin Mundell (swimming) women’s 400m freestyle
- Samantha Randle (swimming) women’s 200m backstroke
- Samantha Randle (swimming) women’s 800m freestyle
- Samantha Randle (swimming) women’s 1500m freestyle
- Erin Gallagher (swimming) women’s 50m butterfly
- Erin Gallagher (swimming) women’s 100m butterfly
- Ayrton Sweeney (swimming) men’s 400m IM
- Alard Basson (swimming) men’s 100m butterfly
- Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
Bronze (12)
- Emma Chelius (swimming) women’s 50m freestyle
- Emma Chelius (swimming) women’s 100m freestyle
- Emma Chelius (swimming) women’s 50m butterfly
- Carla Antonopoulos (swimming) women’s 1500m freestyle
- Michael Houlie (swimming) 100m breaststroke
- Ryan Coetzee (swimming) men’s 50m butterfly
- Jessica Whelan (swimming) women’s 400m IM
- Brad Tandy (swimming) men’s 50m freestyle
- Kerryn Herbst (swimming) women’s 100m backstroke
- Martin Binedell (swimming) men’s 100m backstroke
- Christin Mundell (swimming) women’s 200m IM Neil Fair (swimming) men’s 200m IM
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45 Swimming
- 20 gold – Kaylene Corbett (3), Erin Gallagher (3), Alaric Basson (2), Michael Houlie, Martin Binedell, Samantha Randle, Jessica Whelan, Ryan Coetzee, Women’s 4x100m freestyle, Men’s 4x100m freestyle, Mixed 4x100m medley relay, Women’s 4x200m freestyle, Mixed 4x100m freestyle, Women’s 4x100m medley relay, Men’s 4x100m medley relay
- 13 silver – Christin Mundell (5), Samantha Randle (3), Erin Gallagher (9), Ayrton Sweeney, Alard Basson, Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
- 12 bronze – Emma Chelius (3), Carla Antonopoulos, Michael Houlie, Ryan Coetzee, Jessica Whelan, Brad Tandy, Kerryn Herbst, Martin Binedell, Christin Mundell, Neil Fair
3 Cycling
- 3 gold – Tiffany Keep, mountain biking cross-country
- Women’s team time trial
- Men’s team time trial
2 Judo
- 2 silver – Michaela Whitebooi, Unette Snyman
1 Badminton
- 1 bronze – Mixed team event
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