NAYO KETCHANKE Gaelle

France
Weightlifting
20 Apr 1988
33
Female
DOUALA
 
Cameroon
CLERMONT-L'HERAULT
 
France

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WLF Weightlifting Women's 87kg 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo International Forum
Women's 87kg Group A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation75kg - Total
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA8th (237)

World Championships - Part one
YearLocation75kg - Total75kg - Snatch75kg - C&J76kg - Total76kg - Snatch76kg - C&J81kg - Total81kg - Snatch81kg - C&J
2019Pattaya, THA------11th (225)14th (95)8th (130)
2018Ashgabat, TKM---6th (243)6th (107)6th (136)---
2017Anaheim, CA, USA3rd (237)6th (103)2nd (134)------
2015Houston, TX, USA8th (244)6th (109)8th (135)------
2014Almaty, KAZ7th (238)8th (107)8th (131)------

World Championships - Part two
YearLocation69kg - Total69kg - Snatch69kg - C&J
2011Paris, FRA(---)14th (100)(---)

European Championships - Part one
YearLocation75kg - Total75kg - Snatch75kg - C&J76kg - Total76kg - Snatch76kg - C&J81kg - Total81kg - Snatch81kg - C&J
2021Moscow, RUS------2nd (231)4th (100)1st (131)
2019Batumi, GEO---(---)3rd (103)(---)---
2018Bucharest, ROU2nd (234)2nd (103)2nd (131)------


Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified
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Athlete, Nurse
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Partner Laurent Pedreno
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French
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Clermont Sports [France]
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Yann Morisseau [national]; Laurent Pedreno [personal]
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Her brother Jean Baptiste represented Cameroon in weightlifting, including at the world championships and Commonwealth Games, while another brother Brice Vivien competed in the sport at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her partner Laurent Pedreno has served as her coach. (17 Feb 2021; IWF, 2018; itlabo.fr, 01 Oct 2017)
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She competed in athletics growing up and at one stage she won a Cameroon national youth 100m sprinting title. (ltlabo.fr, 01 Oct 2017; opinion-internationale.com, 20 May 2016)
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She broke her left arm in two places while making a lift at the 2019 European Championships in Batumi, Georgia. Despite the injury she earned the bronze medal in the 76kg snatch event. (insidethegames.biz, 09 Apr 2021; mundodeportivo.com, 12 Apr 2019; Instagram profile, 12 Apr 2019)

An injury kept her out of competition for eight months in 2017. (clermont-sports-haltero.fr, 29 Nov 2017)

In 2012 she underwent elbow surgery and was out of competition for more than six months. She made her return in January 2013. (clermont-sports-haltero.fr, 22 Jan 2013)
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She took up the sport at age seven in Cameroon, along with athletics At age 15 she gave up athletics to concentrate on weightlifting. (Forum Live Sport, 23 Mar 2018; ltlabo.fr, 01 Oct 2017; opinion-internationale.com, 20 May 2016)
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Weightlifting is a family tradition. Her father was a weightlifting coach and her brothers and sisters had already started practising by the time she took it up. "My father was a weightlifting coach and had a training room just above our house, so I was introduced to it very young. Eventually it became a passion." (sportdecouverteblog.wordpress.com, 05 Jun 2018; Forum Live Sport, 23 Mar 2018; NOC Media Guide, 2016)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportdecouverteblog.wordpress.com, 05 Jun 2018)
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Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and setting three new personal bests at the 2015 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. (iwf.net, 03 Oct 2018; sportdecouverteblog.wordpress.com, 05 Jun 2018)
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Russian weightlifter Dmitry Klokov. (iwf.net, 03 Oct 2018)
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Her late coach Bernard Garcia. "He was the dearest person to me, my second father. He did everything for me." (iwf.net, 03 Oct 2018; sportdecouverteblog.wordpress.com, 05 Jun 2018)
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"Acknowledge your failures with serenity and learn from them." (iwf.net, 03 Oct 2018)

General Interest

General
CAREER-THREATENING INJURY
She broke her left arm in two places while making a lift at the 2019 European Championships in Batumi, Georgia. She underwent surgery and thought her career might be over, but the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo encouraged her to make an attempt to qualify for the Games. "My career could have ended along with my dream of competing at my second Olympic Games. I cried, but then I received a lot of messages of support. I quickly regained my morale. I quickly began rehabilitation after the surgery, and from there we understood that everything was once again possible [for her to resume competing]. After the surgery, it was a race against time, I trained like a madman." (midilibre.fr, 17 May 2021, midilibre.fr, 15 Jun 2019; france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 11 Apr 2021)

RETIREMENT PLANS
She plans to retire from the sport after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "The Tokyo Olympics will be my last Games, so I want a medal. At the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, I couldn't do it. I finished eighth in the 75kg category, and I had great regrets." (midilibre.fr, 17 May 2021; lequipe.fr, 10 Apr 2021)

FROM CAMEROON TO FRANCE
She competed for Cameroon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. In 2008 she went to a training camp in France and was spotted by French club USO Dijon, who signed her for their women's team. She began competing for France in 2014 after becoming a French citizen. "The French federation contacted my club to know if I was eligible to compete for France, and that's how it started. While visiting my brother in 2010 I discovered the Clermont Sport club where I met Bernard Garcia, the president of the club. I owe a lot to him. I arrived with nothing, no papers, and he took me under his wing. I wouldn't be where I am today without him." (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 11 Apr 2021, 01 Jun 2015; sportdecouverteblog.wordpress.com, 05 Jun 2018; itlabo.fr, 01 Oct 2017; midilibre.fr, 16 Oct 2014; melbourne2006.com.au, 19 Mar 2006)

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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