Manueli Tulo (born 25 March 1990) is a Fijian weightlifter who competed for
Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Fiji competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, having appeared at every games since 1956 except the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, a ...
Maria Liku
Maria Liku (born in Levuka on 27 April 1990) is a Fijian weightlifter who represented Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg, Women's 63 kg event, she ranked at 6.2014 Commonwealth Games.
Career
In 2009, he won the 2008 Fiji Sportsman of the Year award, having won Fiji's first gold medal at the
Commonwealth Youth Games
The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The games were held in the years, mid-way between when the Commonwealth Games are held, until 2008. They continued to be held ...
in 2008. Also in 2009, he finished 4th at the Commonwealth Championship.
He came 3rd in the 2016 Commonwealth Championship, after finishing 5th in the 2015 edition.
Tulo won a gold medal at the
2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships
The 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships was held in Suva, Fiji between May 24 and May 28, 2016.
Medal summary
Results shown below are for the senior competition only. Junior and youth results are cited here and here respectively.
Men
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. He also won a gold medal at the Australian Open Championships when he snatched 108 kg, clean and jerked 134 kg for a total of 242 kg. That year he finished 5th in the Commonwealth Championships.
Tulo finished 8th at the 2017 World Championships, with a total of 238 kg (103 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk). This was a great improvement over his previous World Championship finishes of 21st, 22nd and 26th (in 2011, 2015 and 2010 respectively).
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he finished 4th, with a total of 239 kg (104 kg snatch, 135 kg clean & jerk).