Yvan Pierrot
Mauritian weightlifter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yvan Hilary Pierrot (23 May 1996 – 31 December 2015) was a Mauritian weightlifter.[1][2] He competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2015 African Games[3]
NationalityMauritian
Born23 May 1996
Trou d'eau Douce
Died31 December 2015 (aged 19)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Mauritian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1996 Trou d'eau Douce | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 2015 (aged 19) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Event | +105 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
| Updated on 12 February 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Sporting career
Pierrot started lifting in 2010 at the age of 14.[4] He earned his first gold medal in 2013 at the Commonwealth Youth Championships. In 2013 he won Mauritian Junior Sportsman of the Year award. In 2015 he won silver medal at the Commonwealth Championships, also he won gold medal at the junior category. At the African Games he won two bronze medal (clean & jerk, total) at +105 kg category.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Mauritius | ||||||||||||
| African Games | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | +105 kg | 135 | 141 | 146 | 4 | 180 | 185 | — |  | 331 | [5] |
Death
On New Year's Eve afternoon, 2015, he was driving home alone, and suffered a fatal car accident at the Midlands.[6]
