Wendy Hale (born November 3, 1987"Weightlifter Wendy"
''Solomon Star'' July 25, 2008) is a

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

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 ...

. She won a silver medal and a bronze at the

Commonwealth Youth Games The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The games were held in the years, mid-way between when the Commonwealth Games are held, until 2008. They continued to be held ...

in 2004, two silver medals at the

Mini South Pacific Games The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2019 in Apia, Samoa. The Games were ...

in 2005, four gold medals at the

Arafura Games The Arafura Games is a unique, inclusive multi-sport event where athletes with a disability compete in the same program as able-bodied athletes. Competitors from around the world compete in the week-long games held every 2 years in Darwin, Northe ...

in 2007, and two silver medals at the

South Pacific Games The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2019 in Apia, Samoa. The Games were ...

in 2007. Hale represented the Solomon Islands at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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. She was her country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. In the Olympic tournament she ranked 12th in the 58 kg category, with a total of 173 kg. In 2016 after the silver medalist

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Marina Shainova Marina Vladimirovna Shainova (russian: Марина Владимировна Шаинова; born 14 March 1986 in Krasnodar Krai) is a Russian weightlifter. Career Shainova won the Junior World Championships twice, 2005 in the 58 kg cat ...

disqualified, she stepped up to the eleventh place."Retests for two Russian weightlifting medalists come back positive"
''www.espn.co.uk'', June 7, 2016

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Athlete Biography
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1987 births Living people Solomon Islands female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Solomon Islands Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for the Solomon Islands Pacific Games silver medalists Pacific Games medalists in weightlifting {{Solomons-weightlifting-bio-stub