Yukio Stinson Peter (born 29 January 1984 in Aiwo) is a

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 ...

from

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Career

2004

Yukio snatched 142.5 kg and clean and jerked 165 kg (total 307.5 kg) to place eighth at the

2004 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), ...

in the Men's 69 kg division. It is the best position ever for a Nauruan athlete at the Olympic Games.

2008

In December 2008, Yukio won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

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. Competing in the 77 kg category, he snatched 145 kg and clean and jerked 185 kg.

2010

At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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, Yukio Peter won Nauru's 10th gold medal-winning the 77kg division in weightlifting with a new Games record of 333 kg.Peter wins gold for Nauru
, Wwos.ninesm.com.au. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

2011

Peter won gold in the 77 kg category 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 2011 in Darwin - Nauru's first gold at that edition of the Games."Sport: Nauru claim first gold in Darwin"
Radio New Zealand International, 13 May 2011

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"Nauruan lifter is back"
Pacific Islands News Association, 2 October 2008 1984 births Living people Nauruan male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Nauru Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nauru People from Aiwo District Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting {{Nauru-weightlifting-bio-stub