Henri Gance

French weightlifter

Henri Gance

Personal information
Born| 17 March 1888
Paris, France
Died| 29 November 1953 (aged 65)
Paris, France
Height| 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight| 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport| Weightlifting
Club| Cercle Athlétique Parisien

Medal record

Representing  France
Olympic Games
| 1920 Antwerp | -75 kg

Henri Gance (17 March 1888 – 29 November 1953) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, representing France.[1][2]

Gance took up weightlifting in 1908 and was a French champion in 1920.[1][3]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Henri Gance Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference.com
2. ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Weightlifting" Archived 22 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 February 2008).
3. ^ "Henri Gance". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

## External links

[edit]

* Henri Gance at Olympedia

* v
* t
* e

Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Middleweight

* 1920:  Henri Gance (FRA)
* 1924:  Carlo Galimberti (ITA)
* 1928:  Roger François (FRA)
* 1932:  Rudolf Ismayr (GER)
* 1936:  Khadr El-Touni (EGY)
* 1948:  Frank Spellman (USA)
* 1952:  Pete George (USA)
* 1956:  Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)
* 1960:  Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
* 1964:  Hans Zdražila (TCH)
* 1968:  Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
* 1972:  Yordan Bikov (BUL)
* 1976:  Yordan Mitkov (BUL)
* 1980:  Asen Zlatev (BUL)
* 1984:  Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (FRG)
* 1988:  Borislav Gidikov (BUL)
* 1992:  Tudor Casapu (EUN)
* 1996:  Pablo Lara (CUB)
* 2000:  Zhan Xugang (CHN)
* 2004:  Taner Sağır (TUR)
* 2008:  Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR)
* 2012:  Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
* 2016: vacant
* 2020:  Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
* 2024:  Karlos Nasar (BUL)

* 75 kg (1920–1992)
* 76 kg (1996)
* 77 kg (2000–2016)
* 81 kg (2020)
* 89 kg (2024–)

This biographical article relating to weightlifting in France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about a French Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template