Reanna Solomon (16 December 1981 – 1 July 2022) was a Nauruan

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. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a

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gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, the others being

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and

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. Solomon competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She lifted 127.5 kg in the Women's 75 kg+ Clean and Jerk, winning the gold medal, and won another gold medal by lifting 227.5 kg in the Women's 75 kg+ Combined. In the Women's 75 kg+ Snatch she took the bronze, lifting 100 kg. Solomon also took part in the

2004 Summer Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Solomon died from

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on 1 July 2022, at the age of 40. The

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released a statement in tribute to her. Her death was the first in Nauru to be caused by COVID-19.

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offered condolences to her family. In August 2022,

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bronze medalist Maximina Uepa dedicated her medal to Solomon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, Reanna 1981 births 2022 deaths Nauruan female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Nauru Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nauru Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nauru Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting People from Meneng District Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games