Dora Tchakounté

Dora Meiriama Tchakounté (born 23 March 1995) is a French weightlifter born in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia. At the time, she won the bronze medal but in October 2021, this became the silver medal after original gold medalist Boyanka Kostova of Azerbaijan was banned for testing positive for traces of stanozolol. She also represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Early life
Tchakounté was born in 1995 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She acquired French nationality on 10 August 2007, through the collective effect of her mother's naturalization.

Career
Tchakounté competed in the women's 58kg event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan and the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, United States. She also competed in the women's 59kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.

In 2021, Tchakounté represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 4th place in the women's 59kg event.

She competed in the women's 71kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. In 2023, she competed in the women's 59kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.