Tom Goegebuer
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Full name | Tom Richard Goegebuer | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 March 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 56 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Richard Goegebuer | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 8 April 2013. |
Tom Richard Goegebuer (born 27 March 1975) is a Belgian weightlifter competing in the 62 kg and 56 kg category. He is 164 cm tall (5 ft 5 inches)
Career
He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division finishing thirteenth with 251 kg. This improved his own Belgian record by 1 kg.[1] In the 62 kg category, he participated in several Senior World Championships: 1997 Thailand, 1998 Finland, 1999 Greece, 2001 Turkey, 2005 Qatar, 2006 Dominican Republic, and 2007 Thailand.[2]
Since 1999 he competed in all the European Senior Championships. At the 2008 European Championships he won overall silver in the 56 kg category, with a total of 244 kg.[2]
At the 2009 European Championships he won overall gold in the 56 kg category, with a total of 252 kg.[3][4]
At the 2010 European Championships he came only 2 kg short of the European title -56 kg with a new Belgian record of 254 kg total. With 116 kg snatch and 138 kg clean & jerk he came 3rd.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 12th with a total of 247 kg.[5][6]
National records
Category | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
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-62 kg | 127.5 kg | 155 kg | 277.5 kg |
-56 kg | 116 kg | 140 kg | 254 kg |
Notes and references
- ↑ "OS 2008 - Gewichtheffer Tom Goegebuer verbetert zijn BR". Knack.be (in Dutch). 2008-08-10. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- 1 2 "GOEGEBUER Tom". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ↑ "Tom Goegebuer is Europees kampioen gewichtheffen" (in Dutch). Metro. 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ↑ "Tom Goegebuer neemt revanche met EK-goud" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ↑ "London 2012 - Men's 56 kg Bantamweight Weightlifting". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Tom Goegebuer at Sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
External links
- NBC profile
- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
- Tom Goegebuer in weightlifting database
- Tom Goegebuer in IWF database