Jean Debuf

Jean Debuf (born May 31, 1924 in Bousbecque , † October 6, 2010 ) was a French weightlifter .

Career

As a teenager, Jean Debuf enjoyed playing football and athletics. It wasn't until 1943 that he started lifting weights. He made good progress and in 1945 won the French junior heavyweight championship with 290 kg in the Olympic three-way battle. In 1947 he was second winner behind Henry Ferrari at French championships with 322.5 kg. In 1948 he won the French championship for the first time with 352.5 kg in the light heavyweight division and represented France at the Olympic Games in London , where he took 4th place in the light heavyweight division with 370 kg. By 1956 he competed in many international championships, won an Olympic medal and three European championship titles.

After finishing his active career, he was President of the French Weightlifting Association for several years.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ls = light heavyweight, Ms = middle heavyweight)

• 1948, 4th place , OS in London , Ls, with 380 kg, behind Stanley Stanczyk , USA , 412.5 kg, Harold Sakata , USA, 380 kg and Gösta Magnusson, Sweden , 375 kg;
• 1949, 2nd place, WM + EM in Scheveningen , Ls, with 382.5 kg, behind Stanczyk, 412.5 kg and in front of Raissi, Iran , 365 kg; EM valuation: 1st place ;
• 1951, 2nd place , WM + EM in Milan , Ls, with 392.5 kg, behind Stanczyk, 402.5 kg and in front of Rhanavardi, Iran, 387.5 kg; EM valuation: 1st place and Raymond Herbaux
• 1951, 1st place, Mediterranean Games in Alexandria , Ls with 390.0 (112.5, 122.5, 155.0) kg, ahead of Auad Khalil Arabi, Egypt 380.0 (107.5, 122.5, 150.0) kg, and Mohamad Makkuk, Lebanon, 315, 0 (85.0, 105.0, 125.0) kg;
• 1952, 5th place , OS in Helsinki , Ls, with 400 kg, behind Trofim Lomakin , USSR , 416.5 kg, Stanczyk, 415 kg, Arkadi Vorobjow , USSR, 407.5 kg and Rhanavardi, 402.5 kg;
• 1954, 3rd place , WM + EM in Vienna , Ls, with 405 kg, behind Thomas Kono , USA, 435 kg and Lomakin, 427.5 kg; European Championship ranking: 2nd place , behind Lomakin and in front of Psenicka junior, Czechoslovakia ;
• 1955, 4th place , WM + EM in Munich , Ms, with 410 kg, behind Vorobjow, 455 kg, Clyde Emrich , USA, 427.5 kg and Rhanavardi, 425 kg, EM valuation: 2nd place , behind Vorobjow and before Iwan Wesselinow, Bulgaria ;
• 1955, 1st place, Mediterranean Games in Barcelona , Ms with 420.0 (127.5, 127.5, 165.0) kg, ahead of Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh, Egypt 400.0 (115.0, 125.0, 160.0) kg, and Gerolamo Rovegno, Italy, 382, 5 (117.5, 115.0, 150.0) kg;
• 1956, 1st place , EM in Helsinki, Ms, with 427.5 kg, ahead of Fjodor Osipa, USSR, 427.5 kg and Wesselinow, 417.5 kg;
• 1956, bronze medal , OS in Melbourne , Ms, with 425 kg, behind Vorobyov, 462.5 kg and Dave Sheppard , USA, 442.5 kg.

National successes

Jean Debuf was 13 times French light heavy and middle heavyweight champion.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Haltérophilie - Décès de Jean Debuf