Cyrille Tchatchet

Cyrille Tchatchet II (born 1 August 1995) is a Cameroon-born British weightlifter. He competed in the 85 kg weight category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fifth.[1]

Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet II
Cyrille Tchatchet in the Olympic Games village in Tokyo
Personal information
NationalityCameroonian / British
Born (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country Cameroon
 Great Britain
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)-96 kg
ClubMiddlesex University weightlifting club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)360kg

He took up weightlifting at the age of 14.[1] He also competed at the British senior weightlifting and under-23 championship 2016 where he was third and first respectively. He won the British, English and BUCS weightlifting championships 2017, 2018 and 2019. In June 2021, he was selected to represent the Refugee Olympic Team in weightlifting.

On the 5th April 2022, Cyrille was cleared by the International Weightlifting Federation to represent British Weight Lifting at international competitions.[2] His first international competition as a British weightlifter will be the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.

Early life

Cyrille comes from a family of six children and is the 3rd born. His mother separated with his father in the year 2000 and Cyrille and his siblings were looked after by their mother who is a business woman. He attended Government Bilingual Practising High School in Yaounde and started studying for a degree in geography at the University of Yaounde 1 before stopping to focus full-time on weightlifting training to prepare for the Commonwealth Games.

Weightlifting career

Cyrille took up weightlifting at the age of 14 after seeing the picture of his cousin's father who was a weightlifter representing Cameroon. He therefore started training at Golden weightlifting club before switching to WOCA weightlifting club.

Personal life

Cyrille moved to the United Kingdom in 2014 and obtained refugee status in 2016. He decided to pursue a BSc Mental Health Nursing degree at Middlesex University after experiencing mild depression while claiming asylum,[3] and now works as a mental health nurse.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Representing the  Refugee Olympic Team
Olympic Games
2021Tokyo, Japan96 kg153155160131901901951035010
Mid-nationality change
British Championships
2022 Derby, United Kingdom96 kg145150156118519119113411[4]
2021Held virtually96 kg1501551601180190–13501[5]
2019 Coventry, United Kingdom102 kg145150161118519520513561
2017 Coventry, United Kingdom94 kg145150150118519520013401
English Championships
2019 Milton Keynes, United Kingdom96 kg141150150118018019013401
BUCS Championships
2019 London, United Kingdom102 kg150155160119019020013601
Representing  Cameroon
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow, Scotland85 kg135135140517518018053155
African Championships
2013 Casablanca, Morocco94 kg120121122515516016052775

References
  1. "Glasgow 2014 – Cyrille Tchatchet II Profile". Glasgow 2014 OC / CGF.
  2. Oliver, Brian (13 April 2022). "Olympic refugee weightlifter Tchatchet cleared to compete at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022.
  3. "Cyrille Tchatchet II: Mental health nursing student and champion weightlifter". Middlesex University. 3 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "BRITISH SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022" (PDF). BWF. Retrieved 14 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Results 2021 Virtual British Championships" (PDF).


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