Edouard Joseph

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Edouard Joseph
Personal information
NationalityHaitian
Born (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 (age 33)
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Sport Weightlifting

Edouard Joseph (born 24 December 1989) [1] is a Haitian Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 62 kg event, where he did not finish. Joseph was the first Olympic weightlifter for Haiti in over 50 years. He won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the 2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships. [2]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
123Rank123Rank
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2014 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 56 kg1001051066128132135Bronze medal icon.svg2355

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References

  1. "Edouard Joseph". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. "2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships - Edouard Joseph". iwf.net. Retrieved 10 November 2016.