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Simplice Ribouem
Cameroon-born Australian weightlifter
Simplice Ribouem (born 5 December 1982)[1] is a Cameroon-born Olympian weightlifter who competed for Cameroon up to 2006, and for Australia from 2009. He finished 13th in the 94kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Ribouem won bronze for Cameroon in the 85kg event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was an Australian gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 85kg event. Ribouem did not medal in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg. He won silver competing for Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Ribouem won a silver at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.