Henri Gance (17 March 1888 – 29 November 1953) was 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 won a gold medal at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, representing

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

.Henri Gance
. Sports Reference.com Gance took up weightlifting in 1908 and was a French champion in 1920.

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* 1888 births 1953 deaths Sportspeople from Paris French male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for France Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub