Cyrille Tchatchet
Cyrille Tchatchet II (born 1 August 1995) is a Cameroonian weightlifter. He competed in the 85 kg weight category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fifth.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Born | 1 August 1995 Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | English weightlifting championship |
| Club | Middlesex university weightlifting club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | clean & jerk 200kg, snatch 161kg |
| Highest world ranking | 1 |
| Personal best(s) | 360kg |
He took up weightlifting at the age of 14.[1] He also competed at the British senior weightlifting and under -23 championship 2016 where he was third and first respectively. He won the British, English and BUCs weightlifting championships 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is hoping to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]
Early life
Cyrille comes from a family of six children and is the 3rd born. His mother separated with his father in the year 2000 and Cyrille and his siblings were looked after by their mother who is a business woman. He attended Government Bilingual Practising High School in Yaounde and started studying for a degree in geography at the University of Yaounde 1 before stopping to focus full-time on weightlifting training to prepare for the commonwealth games.
He took weightlifting at the age of 14 after seeing the picture of his cousin's father who was a weightlifter representing Cameroon. He therefore started training at Golden weightlifting club before switching to WOCA weightlifting club.
He moved to the United Kingdom in 2014 and obtained refugee status in 2016. He decided to pursue a BSc Mental Health Nursing degree at Middlesex University after experiencing mild depression while claiming asylum.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  | 85 kg | 135 | 140 | 5 | 175 | 5 | 315 | 5 | |||
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| British Weightlifting | ||||||||||||
| 2017 British weightlifting championship |  | 94 kg | 145 | 1 | 185 | 195 | 1 | 340 | 1 | |||
| 2019 English Senior weightlifting championship | | 96 kg | 141 | 150 | 1 | 180 | 190 | 1 | 340 | 1 | ||
| 2019 British University & College weightlifting championships | | 102 kg | 150 | 155 | 160 | 1 | 190 | 200 | 1 | 360 | 1 | |
| 2019 British Senior weightlifting championship | | 102 kg | 145 | 150 | 161 | 1 | 185 | 195 | 1 | 356 | 1 | |
References
- http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contestant&id_zawodnik=15642 results of his competitions
- https://www.mdx.ac.uk/news/2017/03/cyrille-tchatchet-ii-mental-health-nursing-student-and-champion-weightlifter
- https://britishweightlifting.org/article/eleven-british-records-smashed-at-the-2019-birds-eye-british-championships
- https://bwl.sport80.com/event_results?id_ranking=8&_=1561073579&resource=32356
- https://bwl.sport80.com/event_results?id_ranking=8&_=1561073579&resource=31431