Seychelles at the 2019 African Games

Seychelles competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Seychelles won one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals and the country finished 18th in the medal table. All medals were won in swimming by Felicity Passon. Passon also served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2019 African Games.

Seychelles at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Seychelles
IOC codeSEY
NOCSeychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors40 (21 men and 19 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerFelicity Passon
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
African Games appearances
  • 1987
  • 1991
  • 1995
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2011
  • 2015
  • 2019
  • 2023

Medal summary

Medal table

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Eight athletes were scheduled to compete in athletics: Ned Justeen Azemia, Stefano Bibi, Norris Brioche, Natasha Chetty, Sharry Dodin, Leeroy Henriette, Iven Moise and Dylan Sicobo.[1]

Sharry Dodin, Dylan Sicobo and Leeroy Henriette competed in the men's 100 metres. Dodin and Henriette were also scheduled to compete in the men's 200 metres event but they did not start.

Stefano Bibi competed in the men's 400 metres event and he did not advance to the semifinals.

Ned Justeen Azemia competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles event and he did not advance to compete in the final.[2]

Iven Moise competed in the men's 5000 metres event and he finished in 25th place.[3]

Natasha Chetty competed in the women's high jump event. She finished in a shared 9th place with Basant Hassan (representing Egypt).

Norris Brioche competed in the men's high jump event. He finished in a shared 8th place with Mieguery Kwenda and Mohamed Younes Idris.

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2019 African Games

Allisen Camille competed in badminton in the women's singles event.[4] She was eliminated in the first round.[4]

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games

Three athletes competed in boxing: Andrick Allisop (men's 63kg), Shain Barnsley Boniface (men's 69kg) and Jovet Nicol Jean (men's 81kg).

All three competed in one match and all three did not advance to the next round.

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 2019 African Games

Tony Lespoir competed in canoeing.[5] He competed in the Men's K1 200 metres event and he finished 4th in the semi-finals.[5]

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Derick Croisee (men's −81 kg), Dominic Dugasse (men's −100 kg) and Nantenaina Finesse (men's −90 kg) represented Seychelles in judo.[6][7][8]

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Five swimmers represented Seychelles in swimming: Mathieu Bachmann, Simon Bachmann, Khema Elizabeth, Felicity Passon and Samuele Rossi.[9]

Felicity Passon won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal - these are also all medals won by athletes representing Seychelles at the 2019 African Games.[10]

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 2019 African Games

Seychelles competed in the women's tournament.[11] The women's team lost two out of three games and did not advance to the semi-finals.[11]

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games

Steven Baccus, Clementina Agricole, Rick Confiance and Chakira Mary Rose were scheduled to compete in weightlifting.[12] Baccus and Rose did not compete in their events.[12]

Agricole competed in the women's 59 kg events and Confiance competed in the men's 73 kg events.[13][14][15]

References
  1. "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. "Ned Azemia - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "Iven Moise - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. "Allisen Camille - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. "Tony Lespoir - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. "Athlete Profile - Derick Croisee". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. "Athlete Profile - Dominic Dugasse". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. "Athlete Profile - Nantenaina Finesse". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  10. "Felicite Passon - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. "Volleyball - Women's tournament". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  12. "Weightlifting - NOC Entries by Event - Seychelles". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  13. "Clementina Agricole - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. "Rick Confiance - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  15. "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". IWF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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