Nigeria's Ajagba Claims Gold At AIBA Africa Olympic Boxing Qualifiers

Nigeria's Efe Ajagba has claimed Nigeria's only gold medal at the AIBA Africa olympic qualifiers in Yaounde, Cameroon, after defeating Mohammed Arjaoui of Morocco in the final.



Ajagba, who defeated Aymen Trabelsi from Tunisia in the semi-final contest, had already secured a place at the Olympics Games in Rio by virtue of the victory.

The gold medalists at the AIBA Africa Olympic Qualifiers include:

(MEN)

Simplice Fotsala (Cameroon)

Sikho Nqothole (S/Africa)

Bilel M’Hamdi (Tunisia)

Mahmoud Abdelaal (Egypt)

Jonas Junias Jonas (Namibia)

Rayton Nduku Okwiri (Kenya)

Wilfred Seyi Ntsengue (Cameroon)

Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria)

Joseph Kennedy St. Pierre (Mauritius)

Efe Ajagba (Nigeria)


(WOMEN)

Zohra Ez-Zahraoui (Morocco)

Hasnaa Lachgar (Morocco)

Khadija Mardi (Morocco)