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.
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]
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]
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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 Vencelas Dabaya Medal recordMen s WeightliftingRepresenting FranceOlympic Games2008 Beijing 69 kgWorld Championships2006 Santo Domingo 69 kg2005 Doha 69 kgEuropean Championships2007 Strasbourg 69 kg2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro 69 kg2009 Bucharest 69 kg2012 Antalya 69 kg2006 Wladyslawowo 69 kgRepresenting CameroonCommonwealth Games2002 Manchester 69 kgAfrican Games1999 Johannesburg 62 kgAt 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 editYear Venue Weight Snatch kg Clean amp Jerk kg Total Rank1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankRepresenting nbsp FranceOlympic Games2012 nbsp London Great Britain 69 kg 135 135 135 2008 nbsp Beijing China 69 kg 147 151 153 5 187 197 197 2 338 nbsp World Championships2011 nbsp Paris France 69 kg 138 138 142 20 175 180 180 14 313 132010 nbsp Antalya Turkey 69 kg 143 143 143 177 177 177 2009 nbsp Goyang South Korea 69 kg 146 149 152 5 185 185 185 2007 nbsp Chiang Mai Thailand 69 kg 143 146 146 8 182 182 187 nbsp 330 42006 nbsp Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 69 kg 143 146 146 nbsp 178 182 186 nbsp 332 nbsp 2005 nbsp Doha Qatar 69 kg 140 145 146 nbsp 179 185 186 nbsp 324 nbsp European Championships2012 nbsp Antalya Turkey 69 kg 138 141 143 6 172 175 178 nbsp 318 nbsp 2011 nbsp Kazan Russia 69 kg 2009 nbsp Bucharest Romania 69 kg 144 147 149 nbsp 181 185 186 nbsp 333 nbsp 2008 nbsp Lignano Sabbiadoro Italy 69 kg 145 148 148 4 182 185 188 nbsp 333 nbsp 2007 nbsp Strasbourg France 69 kg 142 146 148 nbsp 180 183 190 nbsp 331 nbsp 2006 nbsp Wladyslawowo Poland 69 kg 141 145 147 5 176 179 180 nbsp 325 nbsp Representing nbsp CameroonOlympic Games2004 nbsp Athens Greece 69 kg 140 145 147 5 7 182 5 187 5 192 5 5 327 5 5World Championships2003 nbsp Vancouver Canada 69 kg 135 140 140 21 175 180 4 315 132002 nbsp Warsaw Poland 69 kg 137 5 137 5 142 5 10 175 182 5 182 5 11 317 5 92001 nbsp Antalya Turkey 69 kg 132 5 137 5 140 12 172 5 177 5 6 315 121999 nbsp Athens Greece 62 kg 110 112 5 115 36 150 150 150 Commonwealth Games2002 nbsp Manchester Great Britain 69 kg 135 140 140 nbsp 170 177 5 177 5 nbsp 310 nbsp 9 African Games1999 nbsp Johannesburg South Africa 62 kg 112 5 117 5 117 5 nbsp 145 152 5 152 5 nbsp 262 5 nbsp 10 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 Altherophilie 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 Halterophilie ChE Dabaya en argent L Equipe 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 editAthlete Biography at beijing2008Olympic GamesPreceded byIsaac Menyoli Flagbearer for nbsp CameroonAthens 2004 Succeeded byFranck Moussima Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vencelas Dabaya amp oldid 1177969710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
