Henri Gance (17 March 1888 – 29 November 1953) 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 ...

who won a gold medal at the

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, representing France.Henri Gance
. Sports Reference.com Gance took up weightlifting in 1908 and was a French champion in 1920.

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* 1888 births 1953 deaths Weightlifters from Paris French male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for France Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub