Tom Goegebuer
Belgian weightlifter (born 1975)
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Tom Richard Goegebuer (born 27 March 1975) is a former Belgian weightlifter competing in the 62 kg and 56 kg category.[1] He is 164 cm tall (5 ft 5 inches). Having ended his career as a weightlifter in November 2016, he remained active in the sport and on January 1, 2017 became the chairman of the Royal Belgian Weightlifting Association succeeding Thierry Zutterman.[2] He coaches Belgian weightlifter Nina Sterckx.
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| Full name | Tom Richard Goegebuer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 56 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Richard Goegebuer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[4]
At the 2009 European Championships he won overall gold in the 56 kg category, with a total of 252 kg.[5][6]
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.[7][8]
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 |
