Simplice Ribouem

Simplice Ribouem

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1982-12-05) 5 December 1982 Douala, Cameroon
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	94 kg (14.8 st; 207 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing Australia Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 85 kg Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 94 kg Commonwealth Championships Bronze medal – third place 2013 Penang 94 kg Oceania Championships Gold medal – first place 2009 Darwin 85 kg Gold medal – first place 2010 Suva 94 kg Gold medal – first place 2011 Darwin 94 kg Silver medal – second place 2014 Le Mont-Dore 94 kg Silver medal – second place 2016 Suva 94 kg

Simplice Ribouem (born 5 December 1982) is a Cameroon-born Olympian weightlifter who competed for Cameroon up to 2006, and for Australia from 2009. He finished 13th in the 94 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Ribouem won bronze for Cameroon in the 85 kg event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was an Australian gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 85 kg event. Ribouem did not medal in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg. He won silver competing for Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Ribouem won a silver at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.

Results

Year	Event	Weight	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)	Rank
2009	Oceania and South Pacific Championships	85 kg	151	190	341	1
2009	World Championships	85 kg	146	187	333	15
2010	Oceania Championships	94 kg	152	191	343	1
2010	Commonwealth Games	85 kg	150	183	333	1
2011	Oceania Championships	94 kg	153	181	334	1
2011	World Championships	94 kg	150	190	340	26
2013	Commonwealth Championships	94 kg	150	187	337	3
2014	Oceania Championships	94 kg	152	197	349	2
2014	Commonwealth Games	94 kg	153	196	349	2
2016	Oceania Championships	94 kg	150	185	335	2
2016	Olympic Games	94 kg	155	185	340	13

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