Phillipa Jean "Pip" Patterson (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Hale, born 8 December 1984) is a weightlifter from New Zealand. Patterson was a gymnast from the age of five to 14, before changing to crossfit and weightlifting. She competed in 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 ...

, finishing fifth in the women's under 53 kg weight category. She also competed in 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 ...

. She won gold 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 Wome ...

, bronze in at the 2016 Commonwealth Championships and silver in the

2017 Oceania Weightlifting Championships The 2017 Oceania Weightlifting Championships were held in Gold Coast, Australia between 4 and 9 September 2017. The competition was part of the Commonwealth Championships – the test event for the 2018 Commonwealth Games weightlifting competit ...

. In 2017 she was named New Zealand's top female weightlifter.

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* 1984 births Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Sportspeople from Auckland Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-weightlifting-bio-stub