Dora Meiriama Tchakounté (born 23 March 1995) is a French weightlifter born in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event at the

2021 European Weightlifting Championships The 2021 European Weightlifting Championships took place in Moscow, Russia, from 3 to 11 April 2021. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Note: Daniyar İsmayilov, who originally won the gold medal in the men's 73kg event, was disqualified af ...

held in

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. At the time, she won the bronze medal but in October 2021, this became the silver medal after original gold medalist

Boyanka Kostova Boyanka Kostova ( bg, Боянка Костова, born 10 May 1993) is a Bulgarian-born naturalized Azerbaijani weightlifter. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg, finishing in fifth place. Career In June 2016, followin ...

of Azerbaijan was banned for testing positive for traces of stanozolol. She also represented France at the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

Early life

Tchakounté was born in 1995 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She acquired French nationality on 10 August 2007, through the collective effect of her mother's

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Career

Tchakounté competed in the women's 58kg event at the

2014 World Weightlifting Championships The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event took place from November 8 to 16, 2014. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking ...

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and the

2015 World Weightlifting Championships The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Houston, United States. The event took place from November 19 to 28, 2015. This event was, together with the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, the first stage of the Qualification Pro ...

in Houston, United States. She also competed in the women's 59kg event at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design fi ...

in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the

2019 World Weightlifting Championships The 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held in Pattaya, Thailand from 18 to 27 September 2019. On September 12, Egypt was banned from competing at these Championships due to multiple doping offenses. The host nation, Thailand, was also ban ...

in Pattaya, Thailand. In 2021, Tchakounté represented France at the

in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 4th place in the women's 59kg event. She competed in the women's 71kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria. In 2023, she competed in the women's 59kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchakounte, Dora Living people 1995 births French female weightlifters European Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for France People from Yaoundé Cameroonian female weightlifters French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Naturalized citizens of France Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France 21st-century French sportswomen