Benjamin Hennequin

Benjamin Hennequin
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Didier Hennequin
Born (1984-08-24) 24 August 1984
Bordeaux, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportWeightlifting
Event
85 kg
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Paris– 85 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tel Aviv85 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Tbilisi85 kg

Benjamin Didier Hennequin (born 24 August 1984) is a French weightlifter who competes in the -85 kg category.[1] At the 2011 World Championships, he won a silver medal, with a total of 378 kg.[2] At the 2014 European Championships, he won the bronze medal, with a total of 367 kg.[3] He competed at the 2016 Olympics.[4]

Biography

Benjamin Hennequin competed in the 2008 Olympic Games. He placed sixth in the under-85-kg weight class. In 2011, Hennequin placed third at the European Championships and then finished second at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in the under-85-kg weight class. He lifted a total of 378 kg.[5]

His personal bests are 170 kg and 208 kg in the under-85-kg weight class. In the under-94-kg weight class, he holds the French record in the clean and jerk with a lift of 215 kg, set at the 2012 French Championships in Quimper.[6] Selected for the 2012 Olympic Games in the under-85-kg category, he was eliminated without managing to lift a single weight.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Bronce para Yoelmis en Campeonato Mundial de Pesas". radiococo.icrt.cu. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "2014 SENIOR EUROPEAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "HENNEQUIN Benjamin Didier". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Alain Lunzenfichter. "Mondiaux : L'argent pour Hennequin". lequipe.fr.
  6. ↑ CapitaineSEO. "Championnats de France d'haltérophilie 2012". blog.capitaine-seo.fr.
  7. ↑ Alain Lunzenfichter. "Hennequin sorti d'entrée". lequipe.fr.