Yvan Hilary Pierrot (23 May 1996 – 31 December 2015) was a Mauritian weightlifter. He competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2015 African Games

Sporting career

Pierrot started lifting in 2010 at the age of 14. He earned his first gold medal in 2013 at the Commonwealth Youth Championships. In 2013 he won Mauritian Junior Sportsman of the Year award. In 2015 he won silver medal at the Commonwealth Championships, also he won gold medal at the junior category. At the African Games he won two bronze medal (clean & jerk, total) at +105 kg category.

Yvan Pierrot

Major Results

Death

On New Year's Eve afternoon, 2015, he was driving home alone, and suffered a fatal car accident at the Midlands.

Yvan Pierrot

References

1996 births

2015 deaths

Mauritian male weightlifters

Road incident deaths in Mauritius

African Games bronze medalists for Mauritius

African Games medalists in weightlifting

People from Flacq District

Competitors at the 2015 African Games

Yvan Pierrot