East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships
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The East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships (EAAR), also just called the East Africa Junior Athletics Championships, is a track and field competition for junior athletes in East Africa and Central Africa.[2]
| East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Participation | over 200[1] athletes from 10 nations |
The championships were held for the first time in Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar in 2013.[1] They were then hosted by Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2016.[3] They consisted of athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Zanzibar.[2][4]
Kenyan athletes won 10 gold medals at the 2016 Championships.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Zanzibar to host Regional Junior Athletics Championship".
- ^ a b "Tanzania to host East, Central Africa athletics championship". 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Kenyan juniors top the field in Tanzania". 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Dar to host EA junior athletics tourney, but..."
- ^ "Kenyan junior athletes emerge best in Dar".