Niusila Opeloge
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Born | 23 June 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Men's 105 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa.
Family[]
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family.[1] His sister, Ele Opeloge is also a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning hers on the same day.[2]
Career[]
Opeloge took up weightlifting in 1999.[1] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85 kg snatch event.[3] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105 kg[2] to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games.[4] In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ a b Opeloge make it double Samoan family celebration Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ a b News: 105kg Facts & figures CWG official website Retrieved 11 October 2010,
- ^ News: weightlifting 105kg men CWG official website. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
Categories:
- Living people
- Samoan male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Samoa
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Samoa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- 1980 births
- Samoan people stubs