African Mountain Bike Championships

The Union Cycliste Internationale African Mountain Bike Championships (French : Championnat d'Afrique de VTT) is the highest echelon of Mountain Bike racing on the African continent. First held in 2007 at Windhoek, Namibia the event has been contested every year since. It is ruled and managed by the African Cycling Confederation. Over the years top riders from South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Mauritius, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe have attended this prestigious race. The championships are an Olympic qualifying event.[1][2]

Editions

Year Host country Host city
2007 NamibiaWindhoek[1]
2009 South AfricaMankele
2011 South AfricaCape Town
2012 MauritiusCasela - Yemen
2013 South AfricaPietermaritzburg
2014 South AfricaCape Town[3]
2015 RwandaMusanze[4]
2016 LesothoAfriski
2017 MauritiusBel-Ombre
2018 EgyptWadi Degla
2019 NamibiaWindhoek[2]
2020COVID-19 DisruptionNo event
2021COVID-19 DisruptionNo event
2022 NamibiaWindhoek
2023 South AfricaJohannesburg
2024 MoroccoCasablanca[5]
2025 South AfricaPietermaritzburg

Men's summary

Elites

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Burry Stander[1] South Africa Ben Swanepoel Namibia Mannie Heymans
2009 Namibia Marc Bassingthwaighte[6] South Africa Renay Groustra South Africa Ben Swanepoel
2011 South Africa Burry Stander Namibia Marc Bassingthwaighte South Africa Philip Buys
2012 South Africa Philip Buys Namibia Marc Bassingthwaighte Rwanda Adrien Niyonshuti
2013 South Africa Philip Buys Mauritius Yannick Lincoln Namibia Heinrich Köhne
2014 South Africa Philip Buys South Africa Lourens Luus South Africa Rourke Croeser
2015 South Africa James Reid South Africa Matthys Beukes South Africa Rourke Croeser
2016 South Africa Philip Buys South Africa James Reid South Africa Arno Du Toit
2017 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Stuart Marais Mauritius Yannick Lincoln
2018 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Stuart Marais Namibia Till Drobisch
2019 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Philip Buys Namibia Alex Miller
2022 Namibia Alex Miller South Africa Philip Buys South Africa Luke Moir
2023 South Africa Philip Buys South Africa Johan van Zyl South Africa Jaedon Terlouw
2024 South Africa Alan Hatherly Namibia Alex Miller South Africa Luke Moir
2025 South Africa Michael Foster South Africa Johan van Zyl South Africa Massimiliano Ambrosi

Under 23

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2009 South Africa Burry Stander[6] South Africa Matthys Beukes South Africa Bryce Munro
2011 South Africa James Reid South Africa Dominic Calitz South Africa Adriaan Louw
2012 South Africa Rourke Croeser South Africa Gert Heyns South Africa James Reid
2013 South Africa Brendon Davids South Africa James Reid South Africa Arno du Toit
2014 South Africa James Reid South Africa Brendon Davids South Africa Arno du Toit
2016 South Africa Alan Hatherly South Africa Marc Fourie South Africa Julian Jessop
2017 Namibia Tristan De Lange Lesotho Tumelo Makae South Africa Henry Liebenberg
2018 South Africa Jarrod van den Heever Namibia Tristan de Lange South Africa Reinhard Zellhuber
2019 South Africa Wessel Botha South Africa Julian Jessop South Africa Henry Liebenberg
2022 South Africa Johan van Zyl Namibia Bergran Jensen South Africa Michael Foster
2023 South Africa Michael Foster South Africa Daniel van der Walt South Africa Matthew Scott

Juniors

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Timothy Stark[1]Namibia Jean Hendrik VerdoesNamibia Kim Joerges
2009 South Africa James Reid[6]South Africa Adriaan LouwSouth Africa Shaun Silver
2011 South Africa Brendon DavidsSouth Africa Gert HeynsSouth Africa Luke Roberts
2012 South Africa Patrick BeltonSouth Africa Kyle DorkinSouth Africa Paul Rodenbach
2013 South Africa Dylan RebelloNamibia Martin FreyerSouth Africa Ivan Venter
2014 South Africa Stephan SenekalSouth Africa Sybrand StraussSouth Africa Alan Hatherly
2015 Namibia Tristan De Lange Namibia Brandon Plaatjies South Africa Johan Hartzenberg
2016 Namibia Herbert Peters South Africa Henry Liebenberg South Africa Wessel Botha
2017 South Africa Rossouw Bekker South Africa Pieter Du Toit Namibia Alex Miller
2018 Namibia Alex Miller South Africa Keagan Bontekoning South Africa Daniel van der Walt
2019 South Africa Daniel van der Walt South Africa Johan van Zyl South Africa Tristan Nortje
2022 South Africa Ernest Roets Namibia Daniel Hahn South Africa Massimiliano Ambrosi
2023 South Africa Ernest Roets South Africa Massimiliano Ambrosi Namibia Daniel Hahn
2024 South Africa Samuel Cleary Namibia Roger Surén South Africa Omar Wilson
2025 South Africa Samuel Cleary Namibia Roger Surén South Africa Sean Lowe

Women's summary

Elites

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Yolande Speedy[1] South Africa Amy Jane Mundy South Africa Tania Raats
2009 South Africa Yolande Speedy[6] Namibia Heletje van Staden South Africa Sara Muhl
2011 South Africa Yolande Speedy South Africa Samantha Sanders South Africa Yolandi du Toit
2012 South Africa Candice Neethling Mauritius Aurélie Halbwachs Namibia Heletje Van Staden
2013 South Africa Yolande Speedy Mauritius Aurélie Halbwachs South Africa Samantha Sanders
2014 South Africa Mariske Strauss[2] South Africa Samantha Sanders South Africa Cherie Vale
2015 South Africa Bianca Haw South Africa Cherie Vale Namibia Michelle Vorster
2016 South Africa Mariske Strauss[2] South Africa Cherie Vale Namibia Michelle Vorster
2017 Namibia Michelle Vorster[2] Mauritius Aurelie Halbwachs Lesotho Likeleli Masitise
2018 South Africa Cherie Redecker[2] Kenya Nancy Akinyi Tunisia Nesrine Ghedira
2019 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Cherie Redecker South Africa Candice Lill
2019 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Cherie Redecker South Africa Candice Lill
2022 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Candice Lill Mauritius Kimberley Le Court de Billot
2023 South Africa Candice Lill South Africa Tyler Jacobs South Africa Sarah Hill
2024 South Africa Candice Lill Mauritius Aurélie Halbwachs Kenya Monica Kiplagat
2025 South Africa Lilian Baber South Africa Aurélie Halbwachs South Africa Carla Kotze

Under 23

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2011 South Africa Candice Neethling South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Caitlin de Wet
2013 South Africa Mariske Strauss South Africa Candice Neethling Namibia Vera Adrian
2014 South Africa Candice Neethling South Africa Ashley Parker-Moffatt South Africa Hayley Smith
2016 South Africa Genevieve Van Coller South Africa Frances Du Toit South Africa Bianca Haw
2017 Zimbabwe Skye Davidson
2018 Zimbabwe Stacey Hyslop Egypt Ebtisam Zayed Egypt Donia Rashwan
2019 Zambia Anita Yama
2022 South Africa Andrea Schöfmann South Africa Rimari Sutton Namibia Monique du Plessis
2023 Rwanda Jazilla Mwamikazi South Africa Anneke van der Walt Morocco Raja Chakir

Juniors

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2007 South Africa Melanie Palframan[1] South Africa Genee Steyn
2009 South Africa Mariske Strauss[6] South Africa Candice Neethling South Africa Caitlin de Wet
2011 South Africa Ashley Parker-Moffatt Namibia Vera Adrian South Africa Hayley Smith
2012 South Africa Linda Van Wijk South Africa Nicole Erasmus South Africa Tayla Odendaal
2013 South Africa Bianca Haw South Africa Marie-Christin Kempf South Africa Marne Botha
2014 South Africa Bianca Haw South Africa Frances Du Toit Mauritius Kimberly Le Court de Billot
2015 Zimbabwe Skye Davidson Zimbabwe Stacey Hyslop
2016 South Africa Danielle Strydom South Africa Christie Hearder South Africa Allison Morton
2017
2018 Algeria Wissam Bouzegzi Morocco Maroi Rania Alami Marrouni Algeria Yasmine Bouzenzen
2019 South Africa Zandri Strydom South Africa Frances Janse van Rensburg South Africa Emma Van Coller
2022 South Africa Tyler Jacobs South Africa Ada Kahl South Africa Madison Mann
2023 South Africa Lilian Baber South Africa Carla Janse van Vuuren South Africa Carla Kotze
2024 Namibia Delsia Janse van Vuuren South Africa Jodi Mackinnon Morocco Imane Lemkhayar
2025 South Africa Nadia van Wyk South Africa Lu-Mari du Plessis Namibia Delsia Janse van Vuuren

Team Cross-country

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016  Namibia
Michelle Vorster
Costa Seibeb
Herbert Peters
Tristan De Lange		  Lesotho
Malefetsane Lesofe
Cabonina Koqo
Likeleli Masitise
Phetetso Monese		  Zimbabwe
Skye Davidson
Anthony Greenway
Stacey Hyslop
Jake Greenway
2017

Cross-Country Marathon

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016 Mauritius Yannick Lincoln Namibia Costa Seibeb Lesotho Phetetso Monese
2017 South Africa Arno du Toit Mauritius Yannick Lincoln Morocco Adil Jelloul

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2016 South Africa Amy McDougall South Africa Ila Gray
2017 Mauritius Aurelie Halbwachs Zimbabwe Skye Davidson Mauritius Pauline Toulet

Climbing

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2012 Mauritius Arnaud Li Mauritius Matthieu Marion Mauritius Jaysan Mohesh
2014 South Africa Andrew Neethling South Africa Tiaan Odendaal South Africa Johann Potgieter
2016 South Africa Tiaan Odendaal South Africa Stefan Garlicki South Africa Johann Potgieter

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2014 South Africa Hayley-Ann Adamson
2016 South Africa Kim Westbrook

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wren, Gavin (2007). "African Continental Mountain Bike Championships - CC". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Namibia takes on Africa's best". The Namibian. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "African Continental XCO/DHI Champs for Cape Town in January". bikehub. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Komugisha, Usher (18 December 2014). "Experts Start Work On BMX Track in Musanze". allAfrica. The New Times. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "African Mountain Bike Championships: Morocco wins two bronze medals". LA VÉRITÉ. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Simms, Daniel (July 13, 2009). "Speedy and Bassingthwaighte win African championships". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 March 2026.


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