East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships

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
Participationover 200[1] athletes from
10 nations
← 2016 Dar es Salaam

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
  1. "Zanzibar to host Regional Junior Athletics Championship".
  2. "Tanzania to host East, Central Africa athletics championship".
  3. "Kenyan juniors top the field in Tanzania".
  4. "Dar to host EA junior athletics tourney, but..."
  5. "Kenyan junior athletes emerge best in Dar".
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