HINKATI Privel

Benin
Rowing
8 Dec 1988
32
Male
Olympic Scholarship
1.81/5'11''
CAEN
 
France
CAEN
 
France

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing Men's Single Sculls 27

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Single Sculls Heat 5
#5
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Single Sculls Repechage 2
#27
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Single Sculls Semifinal E/F 1
#47
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Single Sculls Final E
#111
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocation1x
2019Linz, AUT39
2018Plovdiv, BUL30
2017Sarasota, FL, USA34
2015Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA35

African Games
YearLocation1x 500m
2019Sale, MAR4

African Championships
YearLocation1x2x
2019Tunis, TUN-4
2017Tunis, TUN34

World Cup
RankEventYearLocationResult
13Single Sculls2019Plovdiv, BUL7:34.52
19Single Sculls2021Zagreb, CRO7:37.51
24Single Sculls2021Lucerne, SUI8:24.95
27Single Sculls2018Lucerne, SUI7:38.81
28Single Sculls2019Rotterdam, NED8:08.35
31Single Sculls2017Lucerne, SUI7:48.74


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded
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Athlete, Engineer
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Engineering, Information Technology - National Engineering School [ENSICAEN], Caen, FRA
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French
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Societe Nautique de Caen [France]
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Reilly Dampeer [personal], USA
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He took up the sport in Caen, France, near the beaches of Normandy. (indiegogo.com, 2014)
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He discovered rowing at a young age after it was part of an activity organised by his day care. He was inspired to take up the sport competitively after attending the 2012 Olympic Games in London. "Rowing has everything. Difficult and fun and open. This is why I chose rowing. I like the complexity of the sport, and the fact that it is complete and that it exercises a good number of muscles in the human body." (tokyo2020.org, 26 Jun 2020; actu.fr, 17 Oct 2019; World Rowing Twitter profile, 15 Jul 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and become the first athlete to represent Benin in rowing in the Olympic Games. (YouTube channel, 02 Jan 2020; privelhinkati.com, 06 Oct 2019)
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He usually trains twice a day. "I go to training at about 06:00 and finish two hours later. I continue with some physical exercises over my work lunch break, and in the evening I can finish with another workout." (tokyo2020.org, 26 Jun 2020; YouTube channel, 02 Jan 2020)
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"When I am lying on my bed struggling to get out to train, and I have all sorts of excuses and reasons running through my mind, I remember that today is my chance to be better. And I cannot be better in my bed. At that moment I quickly get up." (tokyo2020.org, 26 Jun 2020)

General Interest

General
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
Born in Caen, France, to Beninese parents, he holds French and Beninese citizenship. He had the choice to represent either country, and he opted for Benin. "I wanted to promote rowing and be an ambassador for my country. I think [competing] for Benin will be bigger. For France it would only be about the sport. With Benin, I would have to start from scratch: no federation, no funding, no boats. Nobody in the country knows the sport. That's why I chose Benin." (tokyo2020.org, 26 Jun 2020; actu.fr, 17 Oct 2019; indiegogo.com, 2014)

FEDERATION
In 2012 he decided to focus on rowing with the goal of competing at the Olympic Games. At the time, there was no rowing federation in Benin so he had to work alongside local authorities and World Rowing to create one in the country that could help to grow the sport. "The Federation now exists and is working. Everyone in Benin now knows what rowing is. We have about five rowing clubs in Benin, and close to 70 rowers," he said in 2020. (tokyo2020.org, 26 Jun 2020)

OCCUPATION
He works as a full-time computer engineer project manager at the town hall in Caen, France. (YouTube channel, 02 Jan 2020; tokyo2020.org, 26 Jun 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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