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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Weightlifting | ||
Representing  France
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 69 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2006 Santo Domingo | – 69 kg |
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2005 Doha | – 69 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2007 Strasbourg | – 69 kg |
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2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | – 69 kg |
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2009 Bucharest | – 69 kg |
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2012 Antalya | – 69 kg |
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2006 Władysławowo | – 69 kg |
Representing  Cameroon
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2002 Manchester | – 69 kg |
| African Games | ||
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1999 Johannesburg | – 62 kg |
Vencelas Dabaya Tientcheu (born 28 April 1981 in Kumba, Cameroon) is a French weightlifter. He is a former World Champion, European champion and Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he represented Cameroon, and was flag bearer of the Cameroonian team at the opening ceremony. In the Olympic tournament he ranked 5th in the 69 kg category, with a total of 327.5 kg. He represents France since he became naturalized French citizen in November 2004.
He won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships.
Dabaya participated in the men's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 146 kg and jerking an additional 186 kg for a total of 332 kg. With his gold medal, became weightlifting's 500th World Champion and received the special IWF Award for this honour.
At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 4th in the 69 kg category.
He won the silver medal in the 69 kg category at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships, lifting a total of 333 kg.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the 69 kg category, lifting a total of 338 kg.
He won gold in the clean and jerk, bronze in the snatch, and overall silver with a total of 333 kg at the 2009 European Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg category.
He is 167 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 72 kilograms (159 lb).
Major Results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||||
| Representing France
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| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
| 2012 |  London, Great Britain |
69 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2008 |  Beijing, China |
69 kg | 147 | 151 | 5 | 187 | 2 | 338 | 
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| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Paris, France |
69 kg | 138 | 20 | 175 | 14 | 313 | 13 | |||||
| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2009 |  Goyang, South Korea |
69 kg | 146 | 149 | 5 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2007 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
69 kg | 143 | 8 | 182 | 187 | |
330 | 4 | ||||
| 2006 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
69 kg | 143 | 146 |  |
178 | 182 | 186 |  |
332 |
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| 2005 |  Doha, Qatar |
69 kg | 140 | 145 | |
179 | |
324 |
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| European Championships | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | 138 | 141 | 143 | 6 | 172 | 175 | |
318 |
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| 2011 |  Kazan, Russia |
69 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 |  Bucharest, Romania |
69 kg | 144 | 147 | |
181 | 186 | |
333 |
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| 2008 |  Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy |
69 kg | 145 | 4 | 182 | 185 | 188 | |
333 |
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| 2007 | Strasbourg, France |
69 kg | 142 | 146 | 148 | |
180 | 183 | |
331 |
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| 2006 |  Władysławowo, Poland |
69 kg | 141 | 145 | 5 | 176 | 179 | 180 | |
325 |
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| Representing Cameroon
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| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
| 2004 |  Athens, Greece |
69 kg | 140 | 145 | 7 | 182.5 | 5 | 327.5 | 5 | ||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada |
69 kg | 135 | 21 | 175 | 180 | — | 4 | 315 | 13 | |||
| 2002 | Warsaw, Poland |
69 kg | 137.5 | 142.5 | 10 | 175 | 11 | 317.5 | 9 | ||||
| 2001 | Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | 132.5 | 137.5 | 12 | 172.5 | 177.5 | — | 6 | 315 | 12 | ||
| 1999 | Athens, Greece |
62 kg | 112.5 | 115 | 36 | — | — | — | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Manchester, Great Britain |
69 kg | 135 | 140 | |
170 | |
310 |
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| African Games | |||||||||||||
| 1999 |  Johannesburg, South Africa |
62 kg | 112.5 | 117.5 | |
145 | |
262.5 |
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References
- ^ "Vencelas DABAYA TIENTCHEU" (in French). French National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- "Cameroon Olympic Team". Cameroon-info (in French). 21 August 2004. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- "DABAYA TIENTCH". International Weightlifting Federation.
- "Althérophilie:Yamechi Madeleine, championne de France". Cameroon-info (in French). 15 January 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ "DABAYA Vencelas". International Weightlifting Federation.
- 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -69 KG MEN Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net
- "Frenchman Dabaya is the 500th World Champion". www.iwf.net. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- "Haltérophilie - ChE - Dabaya en argent". L'Équipe (in French). 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- "Weightlifting - Men's Up to 69 kg". m2002.thecgf.com.
- "7th All Africa Games - Weightlifting: Men 62 kg Overall Results". www.aag.org.za.
External links
- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
| Olympic Games | ||
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| Preceded byIsaac Menyoli | Flagbearer for Cameroon Athens 2004 |
Succeeded byFranck Moussima |
- Living people
- 1981 births
- Cameroonian male weightlifters
- French male weightlifters
- Cameroonian emigrants to France
- Olympic weightlifters for Cameroon
- Olympic weightlifters for France
- Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Naturalized citizens of France
- People from Southwest Region (Cameroon)
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Cameroon
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- African Games bronze medalists for Cameroon
- African Games medalists in weightlifting
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
- Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century French sportsmen