Niusila Opeloge
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Born | June 23, 1980 | |||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Men's 105 kg | |||||||||||||||
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Niusila Opeloge is a weightlifter from Samoa.
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Family
Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His sister, Ele Opeloge is also a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning hers on the same day.[1]
Career
2002
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he won a bronze in the 85 kg snatch event.[2]
2010
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India he won gold in the 105 kg[1] to give Samoa its third gold medal of the Games.[3] In the process, he also became the first Samoan to win medals in any sport at two Commonwealth Games.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Opeloge make it double Samoan family celebration Retrieved 11 October 2010. Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ News: weightlifting 105kg men CWG official website. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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