Mozambique at the 2019 African Games

Mozambique competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Mozambique won one gold medal, three silver medals and one bronze medal and the country finished 23rd in the medal table.

Mozambique at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Mozambique
IOC code	MOZ
NOC	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors	19 (13 men and 6 women) in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5
African Games appearances
1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Nordino Mussa Tualibudine Mussa Canoeing Men's C-2 200 metres 30 August  Silver Rady Gramane Boxing Women's middleweight (75kg) 29 August  Silver Alcinda Panguane Boxing Women's welterweight (69kg) 29 August  Silver Joaquim Lobo Canoeing Men's C-1 200 metres 30 August  Bronze Jéssica Moiane Mércia Mucheza Beach volleyball Women's tournament 20 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Beach volleyball 0 0 1 1 Boxing 0 2 0 2 Canoeing 1 1 0 2 Total 1 3 1 5

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Two athletes represented Mozambique in athletics.^[1]

Cecilia Guambe competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles event.^[2] She competed in the heats and did not qualify to advance to the final.^[2] She was also scheduled to compete in the women's 400 metres hurdles event but she did not start.^[2]

Creve Armando Machava competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.^[3] He qualified in the heats but did not finish in the final.^[3]

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games

Three athletes competed in boxing: Rady Gramane, Alcinda Panguane and Juliano Máquina.

Gramane won the silver medal in the women's middleweight (75kg) event.

Panguane won the silver medal in the women's welterweight (69kg) event.

Máquina competed in the men's flyweight (52kg) event.

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2019 African Games

Joaquim Lobo won the silver medal in the men's C-1 200 metres event.^[4]

Nordino Mussa and Tualibudine Mussa won the gold medal in the men's C-2 200 metres event.

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Three athletes represented Mozambique in judo: Jacira Ferreira, Kevin Loforte and Ayton Siquir.

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games

Irene Bechane and Marinela Muchanga competed in karate.^[5]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Ahllan Bique and Igor Mogne represented Mozambique in swimming.^[6][7][8]

Ahllan Bique competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle, men's 50 metre breaststroke, men's 100 metre breaststroke and men's 200 metre breaststroke events.^[6]

Igor Mogne competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly and men's 200 metre freestyle events.^[7]

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2019 African Games

In June 2019, Mozambique's national volleyball team qualified to compete at the 2019 African Games.^[9][10]

Jéssica Moiane and Mércia Mucheza won the bronze medal in the women's beach volleyball tournament.^[11]

References

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