Samson Matam
{{Short description|French weightlifter (born 1976)}}
Samson Ndicka-Matam (born 22 April 1976){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55410 |title=Samson Matam |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 March 2022}} is a retired male weightlifter from Cameroon, who later represented France.{{cite book |title=The Book of Olympic Lists |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall |url-access=registration |first=David |last=Wallechinsky |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1845137731 |page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall/page/14 14]|publisher=Aurum Press }} He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 for Cameroon (Atlanta, Georgia). His best finish was the sixth place in the men's featherweight division (2004).
Personal
Three of his brothers are also international weightlifters who competed at the Olympic Games. That are Alphonse Hercule Matam (1992), David Matam (2004) and Bernardin Matam (2012).
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Category:French male weightlifters
Category:Cameroonian male weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic weightlifters for France
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Cameroon
Category:Cameroonian emigrants to France
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Category:Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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