Ruben Katoatau (born 9 February 1997 in

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) is an

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weightlifter. His height is 158 cm for a weight of 68 kg. He finished 6th at Weightlifting Men's 69 kg in

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at the

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Achievements

His previous main results were: *2017 Gold Coast, AUS Men's 69 kg 7th 117 152 269 *2016

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, MAS Men's 62 kg 7th 110 147 257 *2015

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, IND Men's 69 kg 8th 107 135 242 *2014 at the

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. Then, he participated at the

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(snatch 30th). His elder brother

David Katoatau David Katoatau (born July 17, 1984) is an I-Kiribati weightlifter. At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 37th in the 85 kg category, with a total of 281 kg. He ranked 4th in the 85 kg category at the 2008 Oceania ...

represented Kiribati in weightlifting, and was the first ever gold medallist of his country at the Glasgow

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(men's 105 kg), and has competed at three Olympic Games (2008, 2012, 2016). At the IWF Absolute Continental Ranking – Oceania he finished just behind a Samoan weightlifter, which withdraw from the 2020 Olympic Games. Katoatau will replace him at

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, in the men's 67 kg category.

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* Living people 1997 births I-Kiribati male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Kiribati Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Kiribati Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Kiribati-weightlifting-bio-stub