Cyrille Tchatchet
Cyrille Tchatchet II (born 1 August 1995) is a Cameroonian weightlifter. He competed in the 85 kg weight category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fifth.[1]
 Cyrille Tchatchet in the Olympic games village in Tokyo | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Born | 1 August 1995 Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | -96 kg |
| Club | Middlesex university weightlifting club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 360kg |
He took up weightlifting at the age of 14.[1] He also competed at the British senior weightlifting and under-23 championship 2016 where he was third and first respectively. He won the British, English and BUCs weightlifting championships 2017, 2018 and 2019. In June 2021, he was selected to represent the Refugee Olympic Team in weightlifting.
Early life
Cyrille comes from a family of six children and is the 3rd born. His mother separated with his father in the year 2000 and Cyrille and his siblings were looked after by their mother who is a business woman. He attended Government Bilingual Practising High School in Yaounde and started studying for a degree in geography at the University of Yaounde 1 before stopping to focus full-time on weightlifting training to prepare for the commonwealth games.
Weightlifting career
Cyrille took up weightlifting at the age of 14 after seeing the picture of his cousin's father who was a weightlifter representing Cameroon. He therefore started training at Golden weightlifting club before switching to WOCA weightlifting club.
Personal life
Cyrille moved to the United Kingdom in 2014 and obtained refugee status in 2016. He decided to pursue a BSc Mental Health Nursing degree at Middlesex University after experiencing mild depression while claiming asylum, and now works as a mental health nurse.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Glasgow, United Kingdom | 85 kg | 135 | 140 | 5 | 175 | 5 | 315 | 5 | |||
| British Weightlifting | ||||||||||||
| 2017 British weightlifting championship |  Coventry, United Kingdom | 94 kg | 145 | 1 | 185 | 195 | 1 | 340 | 1 | |||
| 2019 English Senior weightlifting championship | Milton Keynes, United Kingdom | 96 kg | 141 | 150 | 1 | 180 | 190 | 1 | 340 | 1 | ||
| 2019 British University & College weightlifting championships | London, United Kingdom | 102 kg | 150 | 155 | 160 | 1 | 190 | 200 | 1 | 360 | 1 | |
| 2019 British Senior weightlifting championship | Coventry, United Kingdom | 102 kg | 145 | 150 | 161 | 1 | 185 | 195 | 1 | 356 | 1 | |
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2020 Summer Olympics |  Tokyo, Japan |
96 kg | 155 | 190 | 195 | 350 | 10 | |||||
References
- "Glasgow 2014 – Cyrille Tchatchet Ii Profile". thecgf.com.
- http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contestant&id_zawodnik=15642 results of his competitions
- https://www.mdx.ac.uk/news/2017/03/cyrille-tchatchet-ii-mental-health-nursing-student-and-champion-weightlifter
- https://britishweightlifting.org/article/eleven-british-records-smashed-at-the-2019-birds-eye-british-championships
- https://bwl.sport80.com/event_results?id_ranking=8&_=1561073579&resource=32356
- https://bwl.sport80.com/event_results?id_ranking=8&_=1561073579&resource=31431
External links
- Cyrille Tchatchet II at Olympedia
- Cyrille Tchatchet II at the Commonwealth Games Federation