Ernest Cadine
Birth date12 July 1893
Birth placeSeine-Saint-Denis, France
Death date20 May 1978 (aged 84)
Death placeParis, France
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
SportWeightlifting
Show-medalsyes

Ernest Cadine (12 July 1893 – 20 May 1978) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.[1][2]

As a teenager, Cadine trained in gymnastics, wrestling, weightlifting and swimming. He finished third in the national middleweight weightlifting championships before World War I. During the war, he served with an artillery regiment. In 1920, he won the light-heavyweight gold medals at the national championships and the Olympic Games and did not compete internationally thereafter. In 1920–1925, he set six world records: three in the snatch and three in clean and jerk,[3] and later became a professional weightlifting showman. In 1978, he received the French National Order of Merit.[4]

References

  1. ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Weightlifting" Archived 22 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 February 2008)
  2. ^ Ernest Cadine. Sports Reference.com
  3. ^ Ernest Cadine. chidlovski.net
  4. ^ "Ernest Cadine". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.