Samuel Raphael Pera Junior (born March 11, 1989) 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 lif ...
from the
Cook Islands
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, competing in the +105 kg category. He was born in
Rarotonga.
He is the son of weightlifter
Sam Nunuku Pera, who represented the Cook Islands at the
Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. At the
2006 Commonwealth Games he competed against his father in the 105 kg category, and won with 293 kg to 281 kg, ranking 9th.
Sam Pera Junior ranked 32nd at the
2007 World Championships, with a total of 330 kg.
He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Oceania Senior Championships, with a total of 335 kg.
At the 2008 Junior World Championships he ranked 13th, with a total of 340 kg.
He is representing the
Cook Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the +105 kg division.
Beijing Olympic profile
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flag-bearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Major results
References
External links
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Biography
on the website of the Beijing Olympics
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1989 births
Living people
Olympic weightlifters of the Cook Islands
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Rarotonga
Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for the Cook Islands
Cook Island male weightlifters