Morea Baru
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Nationality | Papua New Guinean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 April 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morea Baru (born April 15 1990)[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 6th place.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −61 kg.[3][4]
Career[]
He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.[5] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.[6] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.[7][8]
Major results[]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | |||||
Representing Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 62 kg | 122 | 126 | 126 | 8 | 159 | 164 | 164 | 5 | 290 | 6 | ||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Houston, United States | 62 kg | 115 | 120 | 120 | 28 | 150 | 150 | 25 | 270 | 27 | |||
Oceania Championships | ||||||||||||||
Mont-Dore, New Caledonia | 62 kg | 110 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 141 | 150 | 160 | 160 | 280 | ||||
2017 | Gold Coast, Australia | 62 kg | 120 | 120 | 156 | 162 | 162 | 282 | ||||||
2016 | Suva, Fiji | 62 kg | 120 | 120 | 162 | 163 | 163 | 283 | ||||||
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 62 kg | 118 | 121 | 121 | 155 | 155 | 276 | |||||||
Mont-Dore, New Caledonia | 62 kg | 115 | 119 | 119 | 150 | 150 | 269 | |||||||
Brisbane, Australia | 56 kg | 94 | 94 | 121 | 128 | 128 | 222 | |||||||
Apia, Samoa | 62 kg | 100 | 105 | 105 | 130 | 130 | 4 | 235 | 4 | |||||
Darwin, Australia | 62 kg | N/A | N/A | N/A | 95 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 130 | 225 | 4 | ||
Suva, Fiji | 56 kg | 85 | 85 | 6 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 5 | 200 | 5 | ||||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | 62 kg | 123 | 127 | 127 | 2 | 159 | 159 | 2 | 286 | ||||
2014 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 62 kg | 115 | 120 | 120 | 3 | 150 | 150 | 3 | 270 | 4 | |||
2010 | Delhi, India | 56 kg | 85 | 90 | 90 | 11 | 115 | 115 | 9 | 205 | 10 | |||
Pacific Games | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Apia, Samoa | 61 kg | 115 | 120 | 124 | 124 | 150 | 160 | 160 | 284 | ||||
2015 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 62 kg | 118 | 121 | 121 | 155 | 155 | 276 | ||||||
2011 | Nouméa, New Caledonia[9] | 56 kg | 95 | 95 | 125 | 125 | 220 |
References[]
- ^ "Morea Baru". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Jinimbo, Lamech (9 August 2016). "PNG weightlifter Morea Baru finishes 6th in Rio". www.looptonga-sb.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Weightlifting BARU Morea - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ "BARU FINISHES 10th IN TOKYO". Post Courier. 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ Narain, Pravin (26 May 2016). "Victory for Baru in senior category". Fiji Times Online.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Mou, Freddy (25 May 2016). "Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio". www.looppng.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ [1] Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Morea Baru at Olympedia
- Morea Baru at Commonwealth Games Federation
- Morea Baru at Commonwealth Games Federation
- Morea Baru at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Papua New Guinean male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Papua New Guinea
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of Papua New Guinea
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Oceanian weightlifting biography stubs
- Papua New Guinean sportspeople stubs