Yvan Pierrot

Yvan Pierrot

Personal information
Nationality	Mauritian
Born	(1996-05-23)23 May 1996 Trou d'eau Douce
Died	31 December 2015(2015-12-31) (aged 19) Midlands
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	+105 kg
Medal record Representing Mauritius Men's weightlifting African Games Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville +105 kg
Updated on 12 February 2016

Yvan Hilary Pierrot (23 May 1996 – 31 December 2015) was a Mauritian weightlifter. He competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2015 African Games

Sporting career

Pierrot started lifting in 2010 at the age of 14. He earned his first gold medal in 2013 at the Commonwealth Youth Championships. In 2013 he won Mauritian Junior Sportsman of the Year award. In 2015 he won silver medal at the Commonwealth Championships, also he won gold medal at the junior category. At the African Games he won two bronze medal (clean & jerk, total) at +105 kg category.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing Mauritius
African Games
2015	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	+105 kg	135	141	146	4	180	185	—	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	331	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Death

On New Year's Eve afternoon, 2015, he was driving home alone, and suffered a fatal car accident at the Midlands.