Dora Tchakounté
Personal information
Full nameDora Meiriama Tchakounté
NationalityCameroonian
French (since 2007)
Born (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Sport
CountryFrance
SportWeightlifting
Weight class59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  France
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Moscow 59 kg

Dora Meiriama Tchakounté (born 23 March 1995)[1] is a French weightlifter born in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[2] She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[1][3] At the time, she won the bronze medal but in October 2021, this became the silver medal after original gold medalist Boyanka Kostova of Azerbaijan was banned for testing positive for traces of stanozolol.[4][5][6] She also represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Early life

Tchakounté was born in 1995 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She acquired French nationality on 10 August 2007, through the collective effect of her mother's naturalization.[7]

Career

Tchakounté competed in the women's 58 kg event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan and the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, United States.[8][9] She also competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[10][11]

In 2021, Tchakounté represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 4th place in the women's 59 kg event.[12]

She competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[13] In 2023, she competed in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[14]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan59 kg939698211211712042134
European Championships
2021Russia Moscow, Russia59 kg9295972nd place, silver medalist(s)110115115 ?2102nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Albania Tirana, Albania59 kg9396982nd place, silver medalist(s)1131171172nd place, silver medalist(s)2131st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ↑ à 07h00, Par Le 7 juin 2014 (2014-06-07). "Dora l'haltérophile". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (5 April 2021). "Kostova wins closely fought women's 59kg category on third day of European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts apparent anti-doping rule violation against Azerbaijani weightlifter". International Testing Agency. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Oliver, Brian (23 May 2021). "Olympic Games weightlifting doper Kostova tests positive again". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Oliver, Brian (1 October 2021). "Weightlifter Kostova suspended for eight years - after life bans for doctor and coach". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "JORF n° 0187 du 14 août 2007 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  8. ↑ "2014 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Women's 59 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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