Olivia Eileen Baker (born 28 February 1979 in

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) is a former

weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift Weight training#Equipment, weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various t ...

competitor for New Zealand. At the

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she won a silver medal in the 75+ kg snatch, and two bronze medals in the 75+ kg

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

and combined total.

References

Living people 1979 births New Zealand female weightlifters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Olympic weightlifters for New Zealand Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-weightlifting-bio-stub