Edmond Decottignies

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Olympic medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for France
Gold	1924 Paris	-67.5 kg

Edmond Decottignies (December 3, 1893 - June 3, 1963) was a French weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Comines.

Decottignies won a gold medal in the lightweight class in 1924. He became French champion in 1921, 1923, and 1924. In memory of him, there is the yearly international tournament "Mémorial Edmond Decottignies" held in Comines.

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v t e Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Lightweight

1920–1992: 60–67.5 kg, 1996: 64–70 kg 2000–2012: 62–69 kg

1920: Alfred Neuland 1924: Edmond Decottignies 1928: Hans Haas+Kurt Helbig 1932: René Duverger 1936: Robert Fein+Anwar Mesbah 1948: Ibrahim Shams 1952: Tommy Kono 1956: Ihor Rybak 1960: Viktor Bushuev 1964+1968: Waldemar Baszanowski 1972: Mukharby Kirzhinov 1976: Petro Korol 1980: Yanko Rusev 1984: Yao Jingyuan 1988: Joachim Kunz 1992: Israel Militosyan 1996: Zhan Xugang 2000: Galabin Boevski 2004: Zhang Guozheng 2008: Liao Hui 2012: Lin Qingfeng

Persondata
Name	Decottignies, Edmond
Alternative names
Short description	Weightlifter
Date of birth	December 3, 1893
Place of birth
Date of death	June 3, 1963
Place of death

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