François Etoundi
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Full name | Francois Etoundi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yaounde, Cameroon | 6 October 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76.91 kg (169.6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 27 January 2022. |
Francois Etoundi (born Yaounde) is a Cameroonian born Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]
6 October 1984 inHe competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[3] The following day, he was arrested for breaking the nose of fellow Welsh competitor Gareth Evans and ordered to pay £400 after appearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court. He was later stripped of his Commonwealth Games accreditation and sent home in disgrace.[4][5]
On the 14th of April 2021, he was banned from competing for a three-year period by Sport Integrity Australia for failing to submit to sample collection. [6]
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
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2009 | ![]() |
69 kg | 125 | 17 | 152 | — | 17 | 277 | 15 | |||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
2018 | ![]() |
77 kg | 128 | 133 | 136 | 3 | 162 | 169 | 2 | 305 | ![]() | |
2014 | ![]() |
77 kg | 137 | 7 | 170 | 177 | 2 | 314 | ![]() | |||
2010 | ![]() |
69 kg | 125 | 129 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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World Championships | ||||||||||||
2007 | ![]() |
69 kg | 125 | 44 | 151 | — | — | 49 | 276 | 46 | ||
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2006 | ![]() |
69 kg | 126 | 5 | 155 | 160 | 3 | 286 | 4[7] |
- Medalbox note
- ^ Arafura Games also
References
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "2009 Weightlifting World Championships - Francois Etoundi". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ McCullough, Ian (28 July 2014). "Francois Etoundi overcomes injury to win bronze". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Weightlifter Francois Etoundi fined for headbutt that broke Welsh rival's nose". The Guardian. UK. 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Weightlifter Francois Etoundi attacks Welsh athlete". BBC Sport. UK. 31 July 2014.
- ^ "WEIGHTLIFTER RECEIVES SANCTION". Sport Integrity Australia. Australia. 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Men 69 kg - Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.
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