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Takenibeia Toromon
Takenibeia Toromon (born ) is a I-Kiribati male weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Kiribati at international competitions. He participated at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 69 kg event. He is the holder of Kiribati records in Olympic weightlifting. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pacific Games The 2011 Pacific Games (officially known as NC 2011) took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 athletes" h .... Major competitions References 1992 births Living people I-Kiribati male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Kiribati Place of birth missing (living people) Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Kiribati-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Weightlifting
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 lift the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead: these are the snatch and the clean and jerk. The ''snatch'' is a wide-grip lift, in which the weighted barbell is lifted overhead in one motion. The ''clean and jerk'' is a combination lift, in which the weight is first taken from the ground to the front of the shoulders (the clean), and then from the shoulders to overhead (the jerk). The clean and press, wherein a clean was followed by an overhead press, was formerly also a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form. Each weightlifter gets three attempts at both the snatch and the clean and jerk, with the snatch attempts being done first. An athlete's sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
