Darryn Anthony (born December 18, 1985) is a South African weightlifter. Anthony represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's middleweight category (77 kg). Anthony placed twenty-second in this event, as he successfully lifted 135 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 160 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead

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, for a total of 295 kg.

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NBC Olympics Profile
South African male weightlifters 1985 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for South Africa Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{SouthAfrica-weightlifting-bio-stub