Morea Baru (born April 15 1990) is a Papua New Guinean

Olympic 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 ...

. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He finished in 6th place. He competed 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 Men's −61 kg.

Career

He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in

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and won with a total lift of 283 kg. Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg. He competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

and finished fourth.

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* 1990 births Living people Papua New Guinean male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Papua New Guinea Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{PapuaNewGuinea-weightlifting-bio-stub