Jack Hitila Opeloge is a

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

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 lift ...

who has represented Samoa at the

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and

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. Opeloge comes from a weightlifting family. His brother Niusila and his sister Ele both won gold at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

, in

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, while his brother

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 hel ...

won silver 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 ...

. 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 ...

Apia Apia () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō ...

he won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the 81 kg division. At the

2021 Oceania Weightlifting Championships The 2021 Oceania Weightlifting Championships were contested from 24 to 26 September 2021. The enduring impact of COVID-19 (which required cancellation of the 2020 championships, otherwise set to be held in Nauru) led to the competition being hel ...

he won gold in the 102 kg division. At the 2022 Oceania Online Cup he came second to his brother Don. In 2022 he was one of six Samoan weightlifters to qualify for the

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. He won silver in the 109 kg division after the cancellation of the 102 kg division.

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* Living people Samoan male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Samoa 21st-century Samoan people Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Samoa-weightlifting-bio-stub