Mary Opeloge

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Mary Opeloge
Personal information
NationalitySamoan
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 29)
Motoʻotua, Samoa
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)75 kg
Medal record
Representing  Samoa
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow -75 kg
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Nouméa -75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby -75 kg
Updated on 24 August 2016.

Mary Opeloge (born 24 January 1992) is a Samoan weightlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[2][3] She won Gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.[4]

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished in 11th place in the women's 75 kg event.[5] She was the flagbearer for Samoa during the opening ceremony.[6]

Personal life[]

Mary is the younger sister of Ele & Niusila Opeloge who are Commonwealth Gold medalists.[7] She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Silver Effort". Samoa Observer. 31 July 2014.
  4. ^ Narain, Pravin (28 May 2016). "Mary disappointed with win". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  7. ^ "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ Leggat, David (12 October 2010). "Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2016.


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