Vencelas Dabaya Tientcheu (born 28 April 1981 in Kumba, Cameroon)[1] is a French weightlifter. He is a former World Champion, European champion and Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting.
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Weightlifting | ||
Representing  France
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 69 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2006 Santo Domingo | – 69 kg |
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2005 Doha | – 69 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2007 Strasbourg | – 69 kg |
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2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | – 69 kg |
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2009 Bucharest | – 69 kg |
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2012 Antalya | – 69 kg |
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2006 Władysławowo | – 69 kg |
Representing  Cameroon
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2002 Manchester | – 69 kg |
| African Games | ||
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1999 Johannesburg | – 62 kg |
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he represented Cameroon, and was flag bearer of the Cameroonian team at the opening ceremony.[2] In the Olympic tournament he ranked 5th in the 69 kg category, with a total of 327.5 kg.[3] He represents France since he became naturalized French citizen in November 2004.[4]
He won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships.[5]
Dabaya participated in the men's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 146 kg and jerking an additional 186 kg for a total of 332 kg.[6] With his gold medal, became weightlifting's 500th World Champion and received the special IWF Award for this honour.[7]
At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 4th in the 69 kg category.[5]
He won the silver medal in the 69 kg category at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships, lifting a total of 333 kg.[5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the 69 kg category, lifting a total of 338 kg.[citation needed]
He won gold in the clean and jerk, bronze in the snatch, and overall silver with a total of 333 kg at the 2009 European Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg category.[8]
He is 167 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 72 kilograms (159 lb).[1]
Major Results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||||
| Representing France
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| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
| 2012 |  London, Great Britain |
69 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2008 |  Beijing, China |
69 kg | 147 | 151 | 5 | 187 | 2 | 338 | 
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| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Paris, France |
69 kg | 138 | 20 | 175 | 14 | 313 | 13 | |||||
| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2009 |  Goyang, South Korea |
69 kg | 146 | 149 | 5 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2007 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
69 kg | 143 | 8 | 182 | 187 | |
330 | 4 | ||||
| 2006 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
69 kg | 143 | 146 |  |
178 | 182 | 186 |  |
332 |
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| 2005 |  Doha, Qatar |
69 kg | 140 | 145 | |
179 | |
324 |
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| European Championships | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | 138 | 141 | 143 | 6 | 172 | 175 | |
318 |
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| 2011 |  Kazan, Russia |
69 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 |  Bucharest, Romania |
69 kg | 144 | 147 | |
181 | 186 | |
333 |
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| 2008 |  Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy |
69 kg | 145 | 4 | 182 | 185 | 188 | |
333 |
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| 2007 | Strasbourg, France |
69 kg | 142 | 146 | 148 | |
180 | 183 | |
331 |
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| 2006 |  Władysławowo, Poland |
69 kg | 141 | 145 | 5 | 176 | 179 | 180 | |
325 |
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| Representing Cameroon
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| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
| 2004 |  Athens, Greece |
69 kg | 140 | 145 | 7 | 182.5 | 5 | 327.5 | 5 | ||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada |
69 kg | 135 | 21 | 175 | 180 | — | 4 | 315 | 13 | |||
| 2002 | Warsaw, Poland |
69 kg | 137.5 | 142.5 | 10 | 175 | 11 | 317.5 | 9 | ||||
| 2001 | Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | 132.5 | 137.5 | 12 | 172.5 | 177.5 | — | 6 | 315 | 12 | ||
| 1999 | Athens, Greece |
62 kg | 112.5 | 115 | 36 | — | — | — | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Manchester, Great Britain |
69 kg | 135 | 140 | |
170 | |
310 | [9]
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| African Games | |||||||||||||
| 1999 |  Johannesburg, South Africa |
62 kg | 112.5 | 117.5 | |
145 | |
262.5 | [10]
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References edit
- ^ a b "Vencelas DABAYA TIENTCHEU" (in French). French National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- ^ "Cameroon Olympic Team". Cameroon-info (in French). 21 August 2004. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ^ "DABAYA TIENTCH". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ "Althérophilie:Yamechi Madeleine, championne de France". Cameroon-info (in French). 15 January 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ a b c "DABAYA Vencelas". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -69 KG MEN Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net
- ^ "Frenchman Dabaya is the 500th World Champion". www.iwf.net. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Haltérophilie - ChE - Dabaya en argent". L'Équipe (in French). 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "Weightlifting - Men's Up to 69 kg". m2002.thecgf.com.
- ^ "7th All Africa Games - Weightlifting: Men 62 kg Overall Results". www.aag.org.za.
External links edit
- Athlete Biography at beijing2008