Tom Goegebuer
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| Full name | Tom Richard Goegebuer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 56 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Richard Goegebuer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tom Richard Goegebuer (born 27 March 1975) is a former Belgian weightlifter competing in the 62 kg and 56 kg category.[1] He is 164 cm tall (5 ft 5 inches)
He coaches Belgian weightlifter Nina Sterckx.
Career
[edit]He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division finishing thirteenth with 251 kg. This improved his own Belgian record by 1 kg.[2] In the 62 kg category, he participated in several Senior World Championships: 1997 Thailand, 1998 Finland, 1999 Greece, 2001 Turkey, 2005 Qatar, 2006 Dominican Republic, and 2007 Thailand.[3]
Since 1999 he competed in all the European Senior Championships. At the 2008 European Championships he won overall silver in the 56 kg category, with a total of 244 kg.[3]
At the 2009 European Championships he won overall gold in the 56 kg category, with a total of 252 kg.[4][5]
At the 2010 European Championships he came only 2 kg short of the European title -56 kg with a new Belgian record of 254 kg total. With 116 kg snatch and 138 kg clean & jerk he came 3rd.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 12th with a total of 247 kg.[6][7]
National records
[edit]| Category | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| -62 kg | 127.5 kg | 155 kg | 277.5 kg |
| -56 kg | 116 kg | 140 kg | 254 kg |
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Tom Goegebuer hangt halters aan de haak" (in Dutch). Team Belgium. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "OS 2008 - Gewichtheffer Tom Goegebuer verbetert zijn BR". Knack.be (in Dutch). 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ a b "GOEGEBUER Tom". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ^ "Tom Goegebuer is Europees kampioen gewichtheffen" (in Dutch). Metro. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "Tom Goegebuer neemt revanche met EK-goud". De Standaard (in Dutch). 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "London 2012 - Men's 56 kg Bantamweight Weightlifting". www.olympic.org. IOC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Tom Goegebuer at Sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- Tom Goegebuer at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Tom Goegebuer at Olympedia
- Tom Goegebuer at Olympics.com
- Athlete Biography at Beijing2008.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 August 2008)
- Tom Goegebuer at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French) (archive)
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- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Belgium
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- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
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