Keisha-Dean Soffe (born 28 September 1982 in

Waitara, New Zealand Waitara is a town in the northern part of the Taranaki region of the North Island of New Zealand. Waitara is located just off State Highway 3, northeast of New Plymouth. Waitara was the site of the outbreak of the Taranaki Wars in 1860 foll ...

) is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift Weight training#Equipment, weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various t ...

competitor. Soffe won the bronze medal in the Women's + 75 kg category at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

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1982 births Living people New Zealand female weightlifters Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Waitara, New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-weightlifting-bio-stub