Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam (born 20 May 1990) is a French
weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...
who competes in the men's lightweight division (-69 kg). He is part of the La Francaise de Besançon club in
Besançon
Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...
, France. His coach is Didier Boiston. He participated in the
2011 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2011 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Disneyland Paris in Paris, France. The event took place from November 5 to 13, 2011.
Medal summary Men
Women
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and came in seventh. He represented France in the
2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
and
2016 Olympics
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, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
.
He also competed in the
men's 67 kg event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
Personal
Three of his brothers are also international weightlifters who competed at the Olympic Games. That are
Alphonse Hercule Matam (
1992
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),
Samson N'Dicka-Matam
Samson Ndicka-Matam (born 22 April 1976) is a retired male weightlifter from Cameroon, who later represented France. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 for Cameroon (Atlanta, Georgia). His best finish was the sixth p ...
(
1996
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,
2000
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and
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
) and
David Matam
David Matam (born 5 June 1975) is a French-Cameroonian weightlifter. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), off ...
(
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
).
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1990 births
Living people
French male weightlifters
Cameroonian male weightlifters
French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
Olympic weightlifters of France
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
African Games gold medalists for Cameroon
African Games medalists in weightlifting
Sportspeople from Yaoundé
Universiade medalists in weightlifting
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
African Games bronze medalists for Cameroon
Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Universiade silver medalists for France
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
20th-century French people
21st-century French people