AfricanPF
African Powerlifting & Bench Press Championships 2022 results
Illustrative photo · APF competition, Keesler, 2012 — not this meet
Photo: Kemberly Groue / U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source · Display cropped; original linked.
4 elite raw lifters (4 men, 0 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 512.5 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Amar Kanane, who totalled 1,866.2 lbs (846.5 kg) at 204.8 lbs (92.9 kg) bodyweight (538.8 DOTS).
Meet at a glance
Raw full-power lifters
40
All entrants, not only elite
Bombed out
0
No valid total
Attempts made
76%
269 of 356
Avg. total for 3rd place
1,103.7 lbs
Across weight classes
Best lifter
Highest DOTS score of the meet, all weight classes combined.
Women
Safia Kouri
909.4 lbs (412.5 kg) total · 445.3 DOTS
Heaviest lifts of the meet
Squat
- 1. Mohamed Sahad815.7 lbs
- 2. Ilyes Boughalem782.6 lbs
- 3. Amar Kanane730.8 lbs
Bench press
- 1. Ilyes Boughalem595.2 lbs
- 2. Mohamed Sahad463 lbs
- 3. Fares Sboui407.9 lbs
Deadlift
- 1. Mohamed Sahad749.6 lbs
- 2. Amar Kanane738.5 lbs
- 3. Yacine Bendjeddou716.5 lbs
Podiums by weight class
Top three totals in each class, all age divisions combined. Official placings may differ by division.
Women up to 115 lbs (52 kg)
4 lifters
- Farzana Botha705.5 lbs
- Ilham Yakoubi617.3 lbs
- Tarryn Valle573.2 lbs
Women up to 139 lbs (63 kg)
3 lifters
- Safia Kouri909.4 lbs
- Marie Annabell Diaha771.6 lbs
- Nada Saad683.4 lbs
Women up to 152 lbs (69 kg)
1 lifter
- Chaimae Guerai914.9 lbs
Women up to 168 lbs (76 kg)
5 lifters
- Zohra Tatar937 lbs
- Nawrez Mazhoud810.2 lbs
- Laila Teffal716.5 lbs
Women up to 185 lbs (84 kg)
1 lifter
- Malia Chafai870.8 lbs
Women 185+ lbs (84+ kg)
1 lifter
- Nohoua Laurence Sekongo1,041.7 lbs
Men up to 130 lbs (59 kg)
1 lifter
- Youssef Alj992.1 lbs
Men up to 146 lbs (66 kg)
4 lifters
- Sid Ali Ziouere1,151.9 lbs
- Farook Zaaf1,140.9 lbs
- Ayman Atif1,124.4 lbs
Men up to 163 lbs (74 kg)
6 lifters
- Abdessalam El Bassami1,394.4 lbs
- Chamseddine Bentair1,333.8 lbs
- Abdenasser Belmokadem1,322.8 lbs
Men up to 183 lbs (83 kg)
3 lifters
- Fatah Toubal1,620.4 lbs
- Mohammed Zakaria Boutarta1,411 lbs
- Mohamed Ferdjoukh1,377.9 lbs
Men up to 205 lbs (93 kg)
5 lifters
- Amar Kanane1,866.2 lbs
- Nkosinathi Ntuli1,466.1 lbs
- Noureddine Bendjeddou1,444 lbs
Men up to 265 lbs (120 kg)
3 lifters
- Mohamed Sahad2,028.3 lbs
- Fezan Bi Gustave1,730.6 lbs
- Mostapha Ajeddi1,587.3 lbs
Men 265+ lbs (120+ kg)
1 lifter
- Ilyes Boughalem2,039.3 lbs
Elite men results
Best squat, bench press and deadlift of the day, in pounds (kg in brackets). Total = sum of the three lifts. PR = lifetime competition best set at this meet.
| Athlete | Class | Place | Squat / Bench / Deadlift | Total | DOTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amar Kanane · AlgeriaPR | 205 lbs (93 kg) | 1 | 730.8 lbs / 396.8 lbs / 738.5 lbs | 1,866.2 lbs (846.5 kg) | 538.8 |
| Mohamed Sahad · AlgeriaPR | 264.6 lbs (120 kg) | 1 | 815.7 lbs / 463 lbs / 749.6 lbs | 2,028.3 lbs (920 kg) | 529.6 |
| Fatah Toubal · Algeria | 183 lbs (83 kg) | 1 | 617.3 lbs / 374.8 lbs / 628.3 lbs | 1,620.4 lbs (735 kg) | 499.5 |
| Fares Sboui · TunisiaPR | 231.5 lbs (105 kg) | 1 | 640.4 lbs / 407.9 lbs / 690 lbs | 1,738.3 lbs (788.5 kg) | 482.0 |
How this edition compares
3 editions of African Powerlifting & Bench Press Championships in our data.
Highest total across all editions: 2,061.3 lbs (935 kg) by Mohamed Sahad in 2025.
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