Ernest Cadine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest Cadine

weightlifter

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1893

Place of Birth: Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 28-May-1978

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ernest Cadine (12 July 1893 – 28 May 1978) was a French weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.As a teenager Cadine trained in gymnastics, wrestling, weightlifting and swimming.
He finished third in the national middleweight weightlifting championships before World War I.
During the war he served with an artillery regiment.
In 1920 he won the light-heavyweight gold medals at the national championships and Olympic games and did not compete internationally afterwards.
In 1920–1925 he set six world records: three in the snatch and three in clean and jerk, and later became a professional weightlifting showman.
In 1978, he received the French National Order of Merit.