Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke Explained

Birth Name:	Gaëlle Verlaine Nayo-Ketchanke
Nationality:	French, Cameroonian
Hometown:	Clermont-l'Hérault, France
Birth Date:	20 April 1988
Birth Place:	Douala, Cameroon
Height:	1.74 m
Weight:	75 kg
Country:	France
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	–75kg
Club:	Clermont Sports Halterophile

Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke (born 20 April 1988) is a French weightlifter. She holds six French records.^[1] She is a 4 time silver medalist at the European Championships (2015, 2016, 2018 and 2021) at the women's 75 kg and 81 kg events.^{[2] [3]} In April 2019 she suffered a serious injury at the European Championships, breaking her arm in two places while attempting to snatch 107 kg.^[4] After just 5 months, she returned to competition at the World Championships in Pattaya.^[5]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[6]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
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Representing
Olympic Games
	Tokyo, Japan		103	106	108		7	135	139	145	5	247	5
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		102	107	107		8	132	135	140	5	237	8
World Championships
	Pattaya, Thailand		85	90	95		14	120	125	130	8	225	11
	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan		101	105	107		6	130	136	138	6	243	6
	Anaheim, United States		100	103	105		6	131	134	138		237
	Houston, United States		105	108	109		6	135	135	138	8	244	8
	Almaty, Kazakhstan		100	104	107		8	125	131	131	8	238	7
European Championships
	Moscow, Russia		96	100	100	4	126	131	131		231
	Batumi, Georgia	76 kg	103	106	107		—	—	—	—	—	—
	Bucharest, Romania	75 kg	98	101	103		126	131	136		234
	Førde, Norway	75 kg	102	107	110		132	140	140		242
	Tbilisi, Georgia	75 kg	105	108	111		132	137	142		248
Representing
World Championships
	Paris, France		100	103	103		14	—	—	—	—	—	—
African Championships
2008	Strand, South Africa	69 kg	80	85	85	5	110	112	115	2	200
African Games
	Algiers, Algeria^[7]		80	83	87	4	100	105	110	4	188	4
Commonwealth Games
	Melbourne, Australia^[8]		72	75	78	5	95	95	95	4	170	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records de France féminins CADETTES U17 - JUNIORS U20 - SENIORS au 15 novembre 2015.pdf. Fédération française d'Haltérophilie - Musculation.
2. Web site: Trois médailles pour Nayo Ketchanke. L'Équipe.
3. Web site: Results women 75 kg. ewcforde2016.no. 16 April 2016. 5 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171205194614/http://ewcforde2016.no/results/results-women-75-kg/. dead.
4. Web site: Weightlifting world sickened by female star's horrific injury. au.sports.yahoo.com. 12 April 2019. 18 July 2020.
5. Web site: Retour de Gaëlle NAYO KETCHANKE. fr. www.ffhaltero.fr. 18 July 2020.
6. Web site: Women's 87 kg Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130745/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW87KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 2 August 2021. 15 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
7. Web site: 9th All-African Games Results. www.commonwealthweightlifting.com. 31 January 2016. 17 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170217134722/http://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/Pre2010/2007. dead.
8. Web site: Women's 63 kg - Result . www.melbourne2006.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010054700/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10631XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=27001 . October 10, 2006 .