Henri Gance
French weightlifter
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Born | 17 March 1888 Paris, France | |||||||||||
Died | 29 November 1953 (aged 65) Paris, France | |||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
Club | Cercle Athlétique Parisien | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Henri Gance (17 March 1888 – 29 November 1953) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, representing France.[1][2]
Gance took up weightlifting in 1908 and was a French champion in 1920.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Henri Gance Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference.com
- ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Weightlifting" Archived 22 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 February 2008).
- ^ "Henri Gance". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
External links
- Henri Gance at Olympedia
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- 1920:
Henri Gance (FRA)
- 1924:
Carlo Galimberti (ITA)
- 1928:
Roger François (FRA)
- 1932:
Rudolf Ismayr (GER)
- 1936:
Khadr El-Touni (EGY)
- 1948:
Frank Spellman (USA)
- 1952:
Pete George (USA)
- 1956:
Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)
- 1960:
Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
- 1964:
Hans Zdražila (TCH)
- 1968:
Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1972:
Yordan Bikov (BUL)
- 1976:
Yordan Mitkov (BUL)
- 1980:
Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1984:
Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (FRG)
- 1988:
Borislav Gidikov (BUL)
- 1992:
Tudor Casapu (EUN)
- 1996:
Pablo Lara (CUB)
- 2000:
Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 2004:
Taner Sağır (TUR)
- 2008:
Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR)
- 2012:
Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2016: vacant
- 2020:
Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2024:
Karlos Nasar (BUL)
- 75 kg (1920–1992)
- 76 kg (1996)
- 77 kg (2000–2016)
- 81 kg (2020)
- 89 kg (2024–)
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