Vencelas Dabaya Tientcheu (born 28 April 1981 in Kumba, Cameroon)[1] is a French weightlifter.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he represented Cameroon, and was flag bearer of the Cameroonian team at the opening ceremony.

[4] He won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships.

[6] With his gold medal, became weightlifting's 500th World Champion and received the special IWF Award for this honour.

[citation needed] He won gold in the clean and jerk, bronze in the snatch, and overall silver with a total of 333 kg at the 2009 European Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg category.