| Fullname: | François Etoundi |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Weight: | 76.91kg (169.56lb) |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Weight Class: | 77 kg |
| Team: | National team |
| Updated: | 27 January 2022 |
François Etoundi (born 6 October 1984 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian born Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]
He competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[3] The following day, he was arrested for breaking the nose of fellow Welsh competitor Gareth Evans and ordered to pay £400 after appearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court. He was later stripped of his Commonwealth Games accreditation and sent home in disgrace.[4] [5]
On the 14th of April 2021, he was banned from competing for a three-year period by Sport Integrity Australia for failing to submit to sample collection. [6]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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| Representing | |||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
 Goyang, South Korea | 125 | 17 | 152 | — | 17 | 277 | 15 | ||||||||
| Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||||
| 128 | 133 | 136 | 3 | 162 | 169 | 2 | 305 | ||||||||
| 137 | 7 | 170 | 177 | 2 | 314 | ||||||||||
| 125 | 129 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Representing | |||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| 125 | 44 | 151 | — | — | 49 | 276 | 46 | ||||||||
| Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||||
| 69 kg | 126 | 5 | 155 | 160 | 3 | 286 | 4[7] | ||||||||