Fernand Arnout (8 December 1899 – 30 January 1974) was a French

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

and in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. In 1920, he finished fifth in the lightweight class. Eight years later at the 1928 Games, Arnout won the bronze medal in the lightweight class.

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* * 1899 births 1974 deaths French male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub