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Weightlifting At The 2018 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held in the Gold Coast from April 5 to 9. The Weightlifting competition was held at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. A total of eight men's and eight women's events were held. On 7 October 2016, it was announced seven new events for women were added to the sport program, meaning there will be an equal number of events for men and women. This marks the first time in history that a major multi-sport event will have equality in terms of events. This included the addition of an additional female event in the weightlifting competitions. Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions: Medal table Medalists Men's events Women's events Records Men's Women's Broken Records in Weightlifting Qualification For the first time, weightlifting athletes had to qualify for the Games. A total of 226 weightlifters (120 male and 106 women) will qualify to compete at the games. Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrara Sports And Leisure Centre
Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre is a multi-purpose arena and sports facility located at Carrara on Queensland's Gold Coast in Australia, capable of seating 5,000 fans. The centre is located adjacent to the Carrara Indoor Stadium and forms part of the Gold Coast Sports Precinct. A section of the centre also serves as a sports administration and indoor training facility for the Gold Coast Suns with the facility being called the Austworld Centre under a naming rights partnership, who play home matches and train outdoors at the adjacent Carrara Stadium and training oval. Constructed for use in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre hosted badminton, powerlifting, weightlifting and wrestling competitions. During the Games, it was called as Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. On 7 July 2018 the arena hosted a 2018 Suncorp Super Netball Round 10 match between Queensland Firebirds and Melbourne Vixens. In October 2020, the Brisbane Roar moved their tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathish Sivalingam
Sathish Sivalingam (born 23 June 1992) is an Indian weightlifter who won gold medals in the men's 77 kg weight class at both the 2014 and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid athlete mentorship programme. Early life Sathish was born in Sathuvachari, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India to Sivalingam and Deivanai. His father Sivalingam an ex-serviceman who won gold medals at national level and now works as a security guard at VIT University, Vellore. Sathish did his schooling in Government Higher Secondary School, Sathuvachari. He works as a clerk in Southern Railways Chennai. Career At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he won gold medal in 77 kg category. He lifted 144 kg in snatch games record and 173 kg in clean and jerk. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Sivalingam won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg, with 149 kg snatch, and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 328 kg. His lift of 149 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauititi Lui
Lauititi Lui (born ) is a Samoan male weightlifter, competing in the +105 kg category and representing Samoa at international competitions. He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the +105 kg event. He won the silver medal at the 2015 Pacific Games, lifting a total of 362 kg and the bronze medal at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, lifting a total of 368 kg. He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games. Major competitions See also * Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's +105 kg The Men's +105 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on 9 April 2018. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows ... References External links * OlyStats.comAustralian Olympic CommitteeWeightlifting: Men's +105kg resultsCommonwealth Weightlifting.com IWF.net 1995 births Living people Samoan male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Liti
David Andrew Liti (born 11 July 1996) is a New Zealand weightlifter, who won the gold medal in the +105 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. His total lift of 403 kg was a Commonwealth Games record. At the Games' closing ceremony, Liti was presented with the David Dixon Award for sportsmanship shown towards his injured weightlifting rival Lauititi Lui. He represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in Tokyo, Japan, finishing fifth in the men's +109 kg event. In December 2022, he was elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission. References External links * * * * 1996 births Living people New Zealand male weightlifters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Boxall
Owen Gordon Edward Boxall (born 3 July 1990 in Sidcup) is an English male weightlifter, competing in the 94 kg category and representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. He represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 94 kg class and England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 105 kg class, where he won a bronze medal. He has also competed at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg class and the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017. Doping bans Nine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at pre ... in the 105 kg class. His coach is Andrew Callard. Major results References External links *Profileat britishweightlifting.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxall, Owen Gordon Edward 1990 births Living people English male weightl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardeep Singh
Pardeep Singh is an Indian weightlifter from Jalandhar, Punjab who won silver medal in the men's 105 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Pardeep Living people 1995 births Indian male weightlifters Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Sportspeople from Jalandhar Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanele Mao
Sanele Mao (born 9 September 1985) is a Samoan weightlifter. Mao is from Vaitele and Falealupo. He initially pursued a career in bodybuilding, representing Samoa at a competition in New Caledonia and winning silver. In 2012 he switched to weightlifting. He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 94 kg event. He won the silver medal at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, lifting a total of 335 kg. Mao won Samoa’s first gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Mao won in the final of the 105 kg men's division during the Weightlifting on day five of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. In 2019 he competed at the 2019 Pacific Games The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The event was init ..., winning three gold medals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikas Thakur
Vikas Thakur (born 14 November 1993) is an Indian weightlifter from Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) who won silver in the men's 85 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland. He won a bronze in the 94 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in The Gold Coast. He won the silver medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ... held in Birmingham, England. References * External links * Living people 1993 births Indian male weightlifters Weightlifters from Himachal Pradesh Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Commonwealth Games silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boady Santavy
Boady Santavy (born May 22, 1997) is a Canadian weightlifter from Sarnia, Ontario. Personal life Santavy's father, Dalas competed at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, while his grandfather Bob, represented the country at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and Montreal respectively. Santavy's grandfather also won a bronze at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. Santavy's younger brother Noah is also a weightlifter. On Sunday, March 18, 2018, Santavy struck and seriously injured a Sarnia, Ontario man, then fled the scene. The victim suffered a broken shoulder blade, clavicle, lacerated spleen, brain bleed and other superficial wounds. He turned himself in to police the following day. Career 2015 Pan American Games Santavy made his international senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada. At the games Santavy competed in the 85 kg event and finished in 6th (and last) place with a total of 322 kg. Santavy snatched 146 kg and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Kari
Steven Kakuna Kari (born 13 May 1993 in Port Moresby) is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ... competing in the men's 85 kg and later 94 kg category. 85kg The youngest member of the Papua New Guinea team, he finished 15th at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Kari won the gold medal at the 2011 Pacific Games. 94kg Kari won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Men's 94 kg class. References External links * Papua New Guinean male weightlifters 1993 births Living people Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Papua New Guinea Weightlifters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamad Fazrul Azrie
Mohamad Fazrul Azrie Mohdad (born 27 August 1995), also simply known as Mohamad Fazrul Azrie, is a Malaysian male weightlifter and a national record holder for Malaysia in weightlifting. He claimed his first Commonwealth Games medal at his maiden Commonwealth Games appearance during the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ... after winning the bronze medal in the men's 85kg event. He also dedicated and presented the bronze medal achievement to his mother, who turned 46 years of age when he achieved the bronze medal. References External links * 1995 births Living people Malaysian male weightlifters Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Sportspeople from Johor SEA Games silv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Opeloge
Don Opeloge (born 13 May 1999) is a Samoan weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. He won the silver medal in the men's 85kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi. At the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he finished in 9th place in the men's 85kg event. In 2018, he won silver at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji. A month later, he represented Samoa at the 2019 Pacific Games and he won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event. The 2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and his total result also gave him the gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |