Edouard Joseph (born 24 December 1989) is a Haitian

Olympic 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 li ...

. He represented his country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the Men's 62 kg event, where he did not finish. Joseph was the first Olympic weightlifter for Haiti in over 50 years. He won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the

2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships The 2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships were held at the Pabellón de Halterofilia Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event took place from May 26 to June 2, 2014. Medal summary Men Women Medal table ...

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1989 births Living people Haitian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Haiti Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Haiti {{Haiti-weightlifting-bio-stub