Samson Ndicka-Matam (born 22 April 1976) is a retired male

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 ...

from

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, who later represented

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. He competed in three consecutive

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, starting in 1996 for Cameroon (

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). His best finish was the sixth place in the men's featherweight division (2004).

Personal

Three of his brothers are also international weightlifters who competed at the Olympic Games. That are Alphonse Hercule Matam (

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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 ...

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) and

Bernardin Matam Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam (born 20 May 1990) is a French weightlifter who competes in the men's lightweight division (-69 kg). He is part of the La Francaise de Besançon club in Besançon, France. His coach is Didier Boiston. He partic ...

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* 1976 births Living people French male weightlifters Cameroonian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for France Olympic weightlifters for Cameroon Cameroonian emigrants to France Naturalized citizens of France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games {{France-weightlifting-bio-stub