Bernardin Matam
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Full name | Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 20 May 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam (born 20 May 1990) is a French weightlifter who competes in the men's lightweight division (-69 kg).
Career
[edit]He is part of the La Francaise de Besançon club in Besançon, France. His coach is Didier Boiston. He participated in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships and came in seventh.
He represented France in the 2012 Olympics and 2016 Olympics.[1][2] He also competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
In August 2024, Matam competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 320 kg in total and placed ninth.
Personal
[edit]Three of his brothers are also international weightlifters who competed at the Olympic Games. That are Alphonse Hercule Matam (1992), Samson N'Dicka-Matam (1996, 2000 and 2004) and David Matam (2004).
Major results
[edit]Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2012 | London, Great Britain | 69 kg | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | |||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 69 kg | 140 | — | 175 | 180 | — | 320 | 7 | |||
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 67 kg | 132 | 135 | — | — | DNF | — | ||||
2024 | Paris, France | 73 kg | 138 | 142 | 145 | — | 175 | — | 320 | 9 | ||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 | Paris, France | 69 kg | 135 | 139 | 141 | 11 | 170 | 175 | 181 | 4 | 322 | 6 |
2013 | Wrocław, Poland | 69 kg | 139 | 9 | 168 | 171 | 8 | 310 | 8 | |||
2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 69 kg | 142 | 10 | 173 | 177 | 6 | 319 | 7 | |||
2015 | Houston, United States | 69 kg | 143 | 147 | 6 | 175 | 13 | 322 | 8 | |||
2017 | Anaheim, United States | 69 kg | 141 | 6 | 175 | 177 | ![]() |
318 | ![]() | |||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 67 kg | 134 | 18 | 168 | 173 | 7 | 307 | 10 | |||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 67 kg | 135 | 138 | 15 | 170 | 173 | 175 | 7 | 313 | 9 | |
2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 73 kg | 133 | 136 | 139 | 22 | 172 | 176 | 179 | 10 | 318 | 13 |
IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 61 kg | 143 | 25 | — | — | — | |||||
European Championships | ||||||||||||
2012 | Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 139 | 145 | 145 | ![]() |
173 | 4 | 318 | ![]() | ||
2013 | Tirana, Albania | 69 kg | 138 | 143 | 4 | 168 | 4 | 311 | ![]() | |||
2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | 69 kg | 142 | 145 | 146 | ![]() |
175 | ![]() |
321 | ![]() | ||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 69 kg | 137 | 140 | 5 | 173 | 5 | 313 | 4 | |||
2017 | Split, Croatia | 69 kg | 140 | 5 | 174 | 180 | — | ![]() |
320 | ![]() | ||
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 67 kg | 137 | 5 | 169 | 172 | 175 | ![]() |
312 | ![]() | ||
2021 | Moscow, Russia | 67 kg | 133 | 136 | 138 | 8 | 170 | 5 | 308 | 6 | ||
2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 73 kg | 138 | 142 | 13 | 177 | 182 | 4 | 324 | 8 | ||
African Championships | ||||||||||||
2008 | Strand, South Africa | 69 kg | 129 | 135 | ![]() |
158 | 165 | ![]() |
300 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "JO 2012 : Bernardin Kingué Matam éliminé". France 3. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernardin Matam". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Men's 67 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Bernardin Kingue Matam at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Bernardin Kingue Matam at Olympics.com
- Bernardin Kingue Matam at Olympedia
- Bernardin Kingue Matam at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- French male weightlifters
- Cameroonian male weightlifters
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Olympic weightlifters for France
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- African Games gold medalists for Cameroon
- African Games medalists in weightlifting
- Sportspeople from Yaoundé
- Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- African Games bronze medalists for Cameroon
- Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for France
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century French sportsmen