Éric Herman Andriantsitohaina (born 21 July 1991) is a Malagasy

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 represented Madagascar at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games (), also known as Rabat 2019 (), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in Janua ...

held in Rabat, Morocco, and he won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event. Four years earlier, he won the bronze medal in the men's 56 kg event at the

2015 African Games The 11th African Games (), also known as Brazzaville 2015, took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted t ...

held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. In that same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the

2019 African Weightlifting Championships The 2019 African Weightlifting Championships was held in Cairo, Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia vi ...

held in Cairo, Egypt. He won the bronze medal in his event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2021, he competed in the men's 61 kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan. His brother

Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina Tojonirina Alain Andriantsitohaina (born 26 February 1995) is a Malagasy weightlifter. He is a four-time medalist, including three golds, at the African Weightlifting Championships. In 2019, he represented Madagascar at the African Games held i ...

is also a competitive weightlifter.

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* Living people 1991 births Place of birth missing (living people) Malagasy male weightlifters African Games bronze medalists in weightlifting African Games silver medalists in weightlifting African Games silver medalists for Madagascar African Games bronze medalists for Madagascar Weightlifters at the 2015 African Games Weightlifters at the 2019 African Games Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Madagascar African Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Madagascar-weightlifting-bio-stub