Local weightlifter headed for championships

Robert “Bobbie” Bienvenu of St. Martinville competes in the Greater Baton Rouge Senior Olympic District Games preliminary to the Amateur Athletic Union Powerlifting Championships in Las Vegas in October.
Lifting in the 65-to-69 age group, Bienvenu won a gold and three silver medals – bench press 200 pounds, squat 220 pounds, clean-and-jerk 111 pounds, and dead-lift 321 pounds, over twice his body weight.