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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Hawthorn Weightlifting Club: Australia |
Further Personal Information | |
| Languages | French, English |
General Interest | |
| Other information | COMMONWEALTH GAMES ASSAULT At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, he was charged with assault after headbutting Welsh weightlifter Gareth Evans after a drunken incident in the athletes' village, when Evans' girlfriend hugged Etoundi. He was held in custody overnight, ordered to pay a compensation fine of $726 AUD and banished from the athletes' village after Australia revoked his accreditation. “When I came back from the Commonwealth Games last year I was a little depressed after what had happened." (theguardian.com, 01 Aug 2014; foxsports.com.au, 01 Aug 2014; rio2016.olympics.com.au, 30 Aug 2015) FROM CAMEROON TO AUSTRALIA He decided to apply for asylum and remain in Australia after he represented Cameroon in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (smh.com.au, 16 Mar 2014; hawthornweightlifing.com, 02 May 2010) |
| Hobbies | Camping, watching movies. (vis.org.au, 18 Jul 2015) |
| Injuries | He tore a biceps muscle from the bone during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, which forced him to pull out of the competition before its conclusion. (theaustralian.com.au, 07 Oct 2010) |
| Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | 'Have a shave. Look good. look cool." (Australian Weightlifting Federation YouTube, 25 Jul 2014) |
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| Why this sport? | His father was a weightlifter and got him into the sport, after his mother encouraged him to stop boxing. |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | His parents. (Australian Weightlifting Federation YouTube, 25 Jul 2014) |
| Ambitions | "To be the best I can in my sporting career." (vis.org.au, 18 Jul 2015) |
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| Name of coach | Yourik Sarkisian, AUS |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began weightlifting at age 14. |
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| Occupation | Athlete, Student |
| Family | Partner Bridget Allan |